Worker cleaning cement mixer dies as it turns on

A MAN died in hospital shortly after being injured during an industrial accident at a hardware store, police said.

Shortly after 2pm Monday, two male employees of a block plant located at a hardware store on Wulff Road were cleaning the inside of a cement mixing machine when it was reported “it automatically turned on”, police said.

One of the men was seriously injured and taken to hospital by ambulance, where he later died.

Investigations are continuing.