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Worker dies after construction site fall
A construction worker who was seriously injured after a fall at a domestic construction site in Northcote last week has died in hospital after being taken off life support. It appears the 59 year-old man was working on a single plank of wood, loosely attached to homemade scaffolding, when he fell three metres to the ground. 'This fatality is the eleventh workplace fatality for Victoria for 2010, and the sixth Victorian worker to die after a fall from height since the start of 2009,' WorkSafe Victoria’s Construction and Utilities Director Chris Webb said. 'Construction is one of the fastest growing industries in Victoria – and falls from height are one of our biggest workplace killers,' he said.
Taken from Safety Journal Net 191.
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