Man, 78, found dead after being crushed by forklift The Mermaid Waters man, 78, was found dead inside a Burleigh Heads shed. File image. Picture: Bill Hearne
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Subscriber only A MERMAID WATERS man has been found dead inside a Gold Coast shed after he was crushed by a forklift. Initially, Queensland Police stated the 78-year-old man died in a workplace incident on Fremantle St at Burleigh Heads. But Workplace Health and Safety Queensland later told the
Bulletin this incident was not work-related and so WHSQ will not be investigating . The man was working inside the shed, but it is not considered a place of business.