17/01/2008

News Item

Woman dies in timber yard accident

A 35-year-old woman has been killed in an industrial accident at a timber yard east of Melbourne, police say.

Investigators have been told a metal roller collapsed and hit the woman on the head at about 4.20pm today.

The woman, from nearby Yallourn North, died at the scene.

Police and WorkSafe officers were this evening at the scene in Tramway Road, Hazelwood North, near Morwell.

source: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23068665-661,00.html