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Worker falls from the crane cabin and is stuck several floors in the tower suffering serious injuries
- The worker fell from the crane cab at around 7:30am in Alphington, Melbourne.
- He suffered serious injuries and was later trapped in the tower after his fall.
- Aerial photos show battered man on tower with rescuers trying to free him
A worker dived from the cab of a crane and was trapped in a tower several stories high after sustaining serious injuries in Melbourne on Wednesday morning.
The man, believed to be the crane operator, fell from the machine’s cab at around 7:30am in Alphington and a rescue operation was launched to free him.
Aerial shots show him trapped in the crane’s metal tower as rescuers place him on a stretcher.
‘Paramedics are currently on the scene. A high angle rescue is underway,” Ambulance Victoria said in a statement. She confirmed that the man had suffered lower body injuries.
The man, believed to be the crane operator, fell out of the machine’s cab at around 7:30am in Arpington, Melbourne.
Aerial shots show him trapped in the crane’s metal tower as rescuers place him on a stretcher.
A Fire Rescue Victoria spokesman said their firefighters had treated the man before transferring him to Ambulance Victoria.
He was transferred to the gurney before being slowly lowered to safety.
The man was then transferred to Royal Melbourne Hospital.
He is believed to be stable, but the extent of his injuries is not yet known.
It is the latest incident involving a crane collapse in Melbourne after a large piling rig from a neighboring construction site crashed through the roof of Frankston Hospital in south Melbourne on November 22.
The collapse of the platform, which is used to create foundation columns, occurred around 10 am and caused significant damage to the building.
About 50 people, including the hospital’s psychiatric ward, were reportedly evacuated.