A man’s been injured in an early morning incident at a workplace on the northern Gold Coast.

Emergency crews rushed to a business in Yatala around 12.30am on Tuesday, following reports a man had been injured by a forklift.

Upon arrival, they found a man in his 40s with a significant back injury.

He was treated at the scene by paramedics before being taken to the Gold Coast University Hospital in a stable condition.

It’s not known at this stage whether workplace health and safety is investigating.

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