Quarry Road, Drury - private road for the Stevenson Quarry. Photo / Google
A person has died in a workplace incident at a quarry in Drury, South Auckland.
Emergency teams were called to a serious incident in which a truck is believed to have crashed up to 100 metres down a bank at the Stevensons Aggregate site.
Police received the call about 12.45pm today.
WorkSafe will be notified and the death will be referred to the Coroner.
St John confirmed they were called to the incident, sending one ambulance and one rapid response team.
Stevenson Aggregate owns and operates the quarry at Drury, which services the Auckland and Waikato regions. The site produces more than three million tonnes of aggregate annually.
The company's website says it has been in the business for more than 60 years, "including bulk earthworks, overburden stripping, mineral extraction and processing and distribution".
The person who died had meth and cannabis in his system, the defence emphasised.