Man killed in Nelson concrete works accident

A 55-year-old man is dead after an industrial accident at Firth Industries' Nelson plant this morning.

Police said the man became trapped in machinery under about four tonnes of sand at the masonry products plant in Beach Rd, Richmond, at 8.55am.

Search and rescue workers were still to extract the man's body mid-morning. Nelson Bays area commander Inspector Brian McGurk told NZPA it was not yet known how the accident happened.