WorkSafe making inquiries after person injured in Feilding digger loading incident

A person was taken by ambulance to Palmerston North Hospital. Photo / Jason Oxenham

A person in a moderate condition has been taken by ambulance to Palmerston North Hospital after an incident involving a digger being loaded on to a truck in Feilding.

A WorkSafe New Zealand spokesperson said they had been notified and were making initial inquiries.

The incident happened on Wednesday at 8.52am.

A Hato Hone St John spokeswoman said they were notified of a motor vehicle incident in Sunrise Heights, Feilding.

She said they understood it involved “a vehicle rollover”.

An ambulance and a rapid response unit attended.

A Fire and Emergency NZ spokesman said they were called to “a digger that had fallen off a trailer with somebody in it”.

“When we arrived the patient had already been removed and wasn’t on scene.”

Fire services assisted with scene protection.

A police spokesperson said there was a person in the digger as it was being loaded.

“A digger was being loaded on to a truck and the digger has come off the trailer.”

Eva de Jong is a reporter for the Whanganui Chronicle covering health stories and general news. She began as a reporter in 2023.