Tragedy as worker dies after he suffered critical head injuries when trapped in crushing machinery at a construction site

A worker has died after being trapped in cement crushers at a Queensland construction site.

Emergency services were called to Knight St in Rockhampton just after 11.30am on Tuesday following reports a 68-year-old man had been injured.

A technical rescue team and paramedics carefully freed the man before he was placed on a stretcher and taken to Rockhampton Hospital at around 12.30pm.

The worker died later on Tuesday afternoon from head injuries, the Rockhampton newspaper reports The morning bulletin.

The man was working on the Knight Pro Trade Center project, an 8.19ha site that formerly housed railway yards to be converted into an industrial estate.

It is understood he was caught in heavy equipment used to level the site.

Health and Safety Queensland is leading an investigation into the incident.

‘Workplace Health and Safety Queensland (WHSQ) is investigating an incident involving a worker at a construction site in Rockhampton today (Tuesday),’ a spokesman said.

‘WHSQ inspectors were immediately deployed to the incident after being notified around lunchtime.’