{"id":373967,"date":"2026-07-03T12:45:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T02:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=373967"},"modified":"2026-07-03T14:14:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T04:14:41","slug":"worker-in-critical-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2026\/07\/03\/worker-in-critical-condition\/","title":{"rendered":"Worker In Critical Condition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>July 3, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A worker was critically injured in a workplace incident at Memerambi on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services were called just after 5:15pm.<\/p>\n<p>The man, aged in his 60s, suffered major burns to his upper body and thighs, reportedly after a piece of equipment exploded.<\/p>\n<p>There was no active fire at the scene, and firefighters were not called to the incident.<\/p>\n<p>A QAS spokesperson said the man was taken by ambulance to Kingaroy Hospital in a potentially life-threatening condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"xxxxmsonormal\"><strong>A Workplace Health and Safety Queensland spokesperson said WHSQ had been notified and was responding to the workplace incident.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"xxxxmsonormal\">&#8220;As this is an active investigation, no further comment can be made,&#8221; the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[UPDATED]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A worker was critically injured in a workplace incident at Memerambi on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":98458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,24],"tags":[1886,1132],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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