{"id":3187,"date":"2019-04-14T03:09:31","date_gmt":"2019-04-13T17:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iria.com.au\/young-man-s-leg-crushed-by-approx-a-tonne-of-falling-pallets-from-a-forklift-in-nsw\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T15:31:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T04:31:39","slug":"young-man-s-leg-crushed-by-approx-a-tonne-of-falling-pallets-from-a-forklift-in-nsw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devsites.au\/iria\/young-man-s-leg-crushed-by-approx-a-tonne-of-falling-pallets-from-a-forklift-in-nsw\/","title":{"rendered":"Young man\u2019s leg crushed by approx a tonne of falling pallets from a forklift in NSW"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\" id=\"wpb-content-root\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>A tradesman has been crushed by a stack of pallets weighing about a tonne in a horror worksite accident west of Sydney.<\/h2>\n<p>A tradesman was crushed by a falling stack of pallets weighing an estimated one tonne in a horror workplace accident this morning. Several ambulance and police crews rushed to the Bond Crescent building site in Wetherill Park, west of Sydney, just after 10.30am.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old man suffered a serious leg injury and was briefly pinned beneath the debris, before paramedics cleared the pallets, which had fallen from a forklift.<\/p>\n<p>The CareFlight rescue helicopter was called and landed in a vacant field near the site, with a specialist doctor and critical care paramedic providing treatment to the worker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObservation was continued by the CareFlight medical team as he was transported by road ambulance to Liverpool Hospital in a stable condition,\u201d a CareFlight spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>SafeWork NSW will now investigate the incident.<\/p>\n<p><em>Author: Shannon Molloy<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Edited: Kati Carr<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Source: news.com.au<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tradesman was crushed by a falling stack of pallets weighing an estimated one tonne in a horror workplace accident this morning. 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