November 29, 2015
A delivery driver has died in a workplace health and safety incident on Sunday morning at the Tarong North Power Station.
The incident is believed to involve a truck and occurred about 9:00am.
Ambulance crews from Yarraman and Nanango attended the scene.
Police were called just before 9:30am.
The worker is not a Stanwell employee.
Stanwell Corporation and UGL Limited – which provides management, overhaul, and maintenance management at the Tarong Power Stations – released an official statement about 1:30pm.
“Stanwell and UGL are devastated for the family, friends and work mates of the delivery driver,” a spokesperson said.
“Stanwell and UGL will do everything it can to assist the family, its employees and contractors during this time.
“Counselling support is being arranged for those directly and indirectly involved.
“Stanwell and UGL are working closely with all relevant authorities to investigate this tragedy.”
No further information is available.
UPDATED November 30: Workplace, Health and Safety Queensland are investigating the fatality. They released an incident alert on Monday which said the worker was killed when he was crushed by a truck-trailer combination which rolled while he was attempting to repair an airline.
This is a most unfortunate accident and I’m very sorry that it has happened. Although the details are not known to me, I would like to express sincere regrets and sympathy to the deceased’s family and loved ones.