Man killed in quarry crash named

Police attend the scene where a man died when the rock cutter truck he was travelling in rolled. Photo/file

The name of the man who died when he was crushed by heavy machinery at a Tauranga quarry last week has been named.

Tane Hill-Ormsby, 24, was crushed under a rock cutter on Thursday afternoon at Oropi quarry.

It is understood Mr Hill-Ormsby is being farewelled at Wairoa Marae in Te Puna today by a large contingent of mourners - contributing to traffic congestion on State Highway 2.

A senior union official slammed the Government for excluding quarries from health and safety protection laws after the second death of a quarry worker in less than a month.

Last month 43-year-old Scott Baldwin was killed at Gordons Valley Lime Company in Timaru.

In a written statement Council of Trade Unions general counsel spokesman Jeff Sissons said unions were dismayed by these tragedies, and the Government needed to act under urgency to introduce specific health and safety regulations for quarries.