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BREAKING: Supermarket worker fighting for life after customer allegedly shoves him to the ground next to the self-service checkouts and makes off with stolen shopping

A supermarket worker is fighting for life after being shoved to the ground and hitting his head next to the self-service checkouts.

The 64-year-old was working at the store in Blacktown in Sydney on Sunday when he was attacked at about 6.30pm.

The man who allegedly pushed him then fled the store with stolen goods and boarded a train at Schofields Railway Station.

A supermarket worker is fighting for life after being shoved to the ground and hitting his head next to the self-service checkouts (file picture).

The worker was treated at the scene by paramedics and was taken to Westmead Hospital, where his condition deteriorated. He is now in a critical condition.

A 25-year-old man was arrested at a home in Scholfields at about 1.30pm on Monday. He was charged with causing reckless grievous bodily harm and two counts of larceny.

He was refused bail to appear in Blacktown Local Court on Tuesday.