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Contractor dies at WA grain site
AAP
A contractor has been killed in an accident at a grain site in Western Australia's Mid West region.
The man died while was carrying out maintenance work at the CBH Group site in Northampton on Tuesday.
"This is a tragedy and our thoughts are with the family and friends of those involved," CBH said in a statement.
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The site was shut down immediately and a decision was made to close the entire CBH network.
The network will be fully shut down by 4pm and will re-open at 6am on Wednesday.
"CBH wants to take time to allow employees and contractors the opportunity to absorb this information and to refocus on safety," the grain co-operative said.
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