A man has died in a workplace accident in which a stone wall collapsed on him in South Australia’s Barossa Valley region, authorities say.
Emergency services were called to a property on Stonewell Road at Nuriootpa about 11am.
Police said the victim, a 46-year-old man from Owen, had become trapped under the wall and died at the scene.
They said SafeWork SA had been made aware of the man’s death.
“SafeWork SA has been notified of an incident where a wall collapsed on a man at a property in Nuriootpa,” a spokesperson for the work safety agency said.
“Investigators and inspectors are attending the scene to make enquiries into the circumstances.”
Police described the incident as a workplace accident and said a report was being prepared for the coroner.
By: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-15/man-killed-in-accident-involving-stone-wall/105297826
