Four workplace deaths in Victoria, in just over 3 months

A 69 year old man who suffered critical head injuries earlier last month after falling four metres at a construction site at Merricks North on the Mornington Peninsula has died in hospital from his injuries.

Other reported workplace deaths, in Victoria, this year:
•    On 11 January, a 61-year-old woman driving a tractor towing fruit bins across a main road near Mildura was struck and killed by a truck.
•    On 18 February, a 52-year-old worker was crushed by a load of steel which fell from a forklift at a scrap metal yard at Foster in South Gippsland.
•    On 17 February, a 38-year-old man also died when his quad bike overturned on a property at Reedy Flat, near Ensay, in east Gippsland. 

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