A 72-year-old Waikato man has died after cutting himself with an angle grinder on a Bideford farm, near Masterton.
The accident took place about 10.30am today on a farm on Maringi Rd.
Senior Sergeant Mike Sutton said the man had been working by himself on the bucket of a digger when he cut his leg badly with the angle grinder.
The man got to his car but was unable to get to help. He was found shortly afterwards by a farm worker.
Sen Sgt Sutton described the incident as "very tragic" and said the matter would be referred to a coroner.
The man had been visiting family and helping out on the farm, and was not a farm worker, Sen Sgt Sutton said.
A post-mortem would be conducted and police had referred the death to WorkSafe.
- Wairarapa Times Age
