UPDATE, 12.50PM: WorkSafe investigators are responding to the death of a man at a rural property at Mia Mia yesterday.
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It was understood the 76-year-old had been working alone operating a tractor with a rock picker attachment in a paddock when he was caught in machinery and crushed at about 4.30pm, the agency said.
The WorkSafe investigators will assess whether any parties had responsibility under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Police will prepare a report for the coroner.
EARLIER: A man has been killed in a farm accident at Mia Mia.
Emergency services were called to a property on Heathcote-Spring Plains Road at around 5.30pm on Wednesday, May 1.
Police said the 76-year-old Mia Mia man was believed to have been hit by a piece of machinery and died at the scene.
WorkSafe investigators had been at the property on Wednesday evening and would return on Thursday morning, the Advertiser understands.
Police said they would prepare a report for the Coroner.
