From: AAP December 01, 2009
TWO young Victorian men have died in the past 24 hours following accidents at their workplaces.
A 24-year-old Wangaratta man was killed when he was hit by concrete as he cleaned out a concrete pump hose at a farm at Rutherglen in northeast Victoria today.
And a 21-year-old plumber died in hospital last night after receiving an electric shock while working at Stawell in central-west Victoria last Friday.
Michael Birt from WorkSafe Victoria says 28 people have been killed on the job this year - 11 since October.
"Our major plea is for people who control worksites, or those doing the job, to take a deep breath and stop and think carefully about what they are doing," Mr Birt said. "Safety issues are being ignored and it is killing workers."
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