{"id":70828,"date":"2026-08-13T03:35:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T03:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/70828\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T03:35:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T03:35:03","slug":"worker-killed-in-tragic-adelaide-hills-incident-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/70828\/","title":{"rendered":"Worker killed in tragic Adelaide Hills incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man in his 20s has been killed in a tragic workplace incident in the Adelaide Hills.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services were called to an address in Charleston, about 40km east of Adelaide, on Wednesday morning following a workplace incident.<\/p>\n<p>Precise details of what happened are yet to be confirmed, other than that the victim was a 26-year-old man.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolice are preparing a report for the coroner following a workplace death at Charleston,\u201d an SAPOL spokesman said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSadly, the 26-year-old man from the southern suburbs was found deceased at the worksite this morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSafe Work SA has been notified and is investigating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened at about 6.20am, at a property in the small town which sits between Woodville and Mount Torrens.<\/p>\n<p>Police attended the scene along with investigators from Safe Work SA and the South Australia County Fire Service \u2013 although the latter was stood down on arrival.<\/p>\n<p>A spokeswoman for Adelaide Hills Council said the authority had been informed of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCouncil is aware of a fatal workplace incident in the Charleston area that is currently being attended by SAPOL, CFS and Safe Work SA,\u201d an Adelaide Hills Council statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCouncil is working with emergency services to provide information and support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur thoughts are with the family, first responders and staff impacted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read related topics:<a class=\"topic_tag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/topics\/adelaide\" data-tgev-container=\"story-topic-links\" data-tgev-label=\"Adelaide\" data-tgev-order=\"1\" data-tgev-metric=\"npv\" data-tgev=\"event10\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adelaide<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man in his 20s has been killed in a tragic workplace incident in the Adelaide Hills. 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