Worker suffers head injuries after he is crushed by a tonne of beans

A one-tonne bag of beans has crushed a man at a freight yard in Sydney’s west leaving him with head injuries.

The 48-year-old man is understood to have been working at freight truck business Palm Trans on Roberts Road at Eastern Creek when the accident occurred on Wednesday morning.

A 48-year-old man has been crushed by a one-tonne bag of beans at a freight yard in Eastern Creek in Sydney’s west. Source: 7 News
A 48-year-old man has been crushed by a one-tonne bag of beans at a freight yard in Eastern Creek in Sydney’s west. Source: 7 News

He was rushed to Westmead Hospital with head and leg injuries, a NSW Ambulance spokesman said.

He remains in a stable condition.