Worker survives five-storey fall in Australia
By IANSSaturday, January 22, 2011
SYDNEY - A construction worker at Caringbah in Sydney’s south survived a fall off a five-storey building site by stroke of luck.
The man was on scaffolding stripping materials from the exterior of a lift shaft when he plummeted to the ground just after 8 a.m. (AEDT) Saturday, AAP reported authorities as saying.
He was taken to St. George Hospital in a serious condition.
WorkCover, dedicated to promote productive, healthy and safe workplaces for workers and employers, has launched an investigation at the building site in Willarong Road.
“Working from heights can be dangerous and, as this incident highlights, a fall can result in serious injury or death,” WorkCover NSW manager John Watson said in a statement.
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