A man has been killed in a workplace incident involving a mobile crane on the Gold Coast.

Critical care paramedics were called to a business at Yatala just after midday on Thursday, with a man aged in his 40s in a critical condition.

Workplace Health and Safety Queensland has begun an investigation “into a fatal incident involving a mobile crane at a manufacturing workplace” at the northern end of the Gold Coast.

“As the investigation is underway, no further comment can be made as to the cause of the incident,” a spokesperson said on Thursday.

Queensland Police are also on the scene after initial reports suggesting a man had been injured in an industrial accident.