A WOMAN has died after an incident at a Dingley Village workplace last week.
The 34-year-old was crushed to death inside a shipping container while unloading marble slabs, a WorkSafe statement read.
The worker died on Thursday, 30 April.
Director of RHF Stone in Dingley Village, Baki Bas, put out a statement on social media reading “on behalf of RHF Stone Management team, we are extremely sorry to inform you about the loss of one of our (…) professional and loyal team members who put her work first and sadly lost her life at work due to her dedication and perseverance.”
“Sadly she was a member of the family and we are extremely devastated and heart broken by her death,” Mr Bas said.
“Unfortunately this incident was unprecedented and in over 12 years of our trading we have had absolutely no workplace incidents at all. We have had all safety measures in place and we will ensure to avoid such incidents in the future.”
The statement read that RHF Stone will continue to trade “as normal”.
WorkSafe is investigating the death. There have been 22 workplace fatalities in 2020.
First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 6 May 2020
