Machinery crushes and kills worker
The death of a worker at a Ravenhall distribution centre is being investigated by WorkSafe Victoria.
It is understood the 27-year-old man was responding to a jammed item on an automated stock collection robot when he was crushed between moving parts of the machine at about 3 pm.
The death is the 28th confirmed workplace fatality for 2024. There were 55 work-related deaths at the same time last year.
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