Tradie, 48, fighting for life after a 1.5 tonne pallet landed on him at a Sydney construction site weeks after an 18-year-old worker was killed in a separate accident
- A 48-year-old man has been critically injured in a worksite accident
- The man was crushed by a 1.5 tonne pallet at a construction site in Sydney
- He was rushed to Liverpool Hospital fighting for life
- The accident comes just weeks after Christopher Cassaniti died while at work
- The teenager was crushed by scaffolding at a site in Macquarie Park on April 1
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A 48-year-old Western Sydney man has been critically injured in a horrific worksite accident.
Emergency services were called to Bond Crescent in Wetherill Park just before 10.30am on Wednesday after a 1.5 tonne pallet fell from about a metre in the air onto the construction worker.
Three ambulances rushed to the scene, and he was taken by road to Liverpool Hospital in a critical condition, with serious injuries to his abdomen and pelvic area.
The accident comes just nine days after 18-year-old Christopher Cassaniti was killed at his workplace in Macquarie Park.
Mr Cassaniti was working at the Lachlan's Line site in Macquarie Park, Sydney, on April 1 when part of the 15-metre high scaffolding 'catastrophically' collapsed on top of him.
Mr Cassaniti, who just days earlier had celebrated his 18th birthday, and a 39-year-old colleague were buried under the steel poles.
His colleague was pulled from the rubble in a critical condition, but survived the horrific accident.
Speculation has been rife as to what caused the collapse, but CFMEU national secretary Dave Noonan would not be drawn on what he believed had gone wrong.
More to come.
A man, 48, is fighting for life after a 1.5tonne pallet fell on him on Wednesday morning
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