Vic maintenance worker dies after fall through roof
WorkSafe Victoria is investigating an incident in which a maintenance worker died after falling through a polycarbonate roof panel on a shed at a Monbulk plant nursery on 29 June 2022. The 66-year-old man was taken to hospital with serious head injuries, but died on 1 July 2022.
The death brings the workplace fatality toll to 27 for 2022, six fewer than at the same time last year.
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