A young man has died after becoming stuck in a baler on a farm in the Waitaki District.
WorkSafe NZ said it had been notified of a fatality at Five Forks, near Oamaru, where a worker has died after becoming stuck in a baler.
WorkSafe has opened an investigation into the incident.
A spokesperson said this was the fifth on-farm fatality this month and the 17th for the year.
Emergency services were called to a rural address on Kakanui Valley Rd just after 11am. Police, Fire and Ambulance were in attendance.
