Woolworths sacks workers for planking

It's the dangerous stunt epidemic sweeping Australia that has already left one man dead.

Now major retailers are cracking down on planking, sacking workers who get busted performing the dangerous manoeuvre on the job.

Woolworths, the nation's biggest employer, has axed eight employees across three states this week for planking - which involves laying flat and face-down on top of an object and being photographed - on top of meat grinders, display shelves, trolleys and stacks of milk crates then boasting about it online.

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