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| Worker hurt in fall from Great Yarmouth church tower | |
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| A scaffolder had to be brought down a Norfolk church tower on a stretcher after he suffered serious chest injuries in a fall. | |
| The man was working at St Nicholas Minster in Great Yarmouth and may have lost his footing, Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service said. | |
| He fell 15ft (5m) from scaffolding on to a flat roof on the tower while working about 100ft (30m) up. | |
| A specialist rescue team abseiled the man down on a stretcher. | |
| The area was cordoned off for several hours as paramedics climbed up scaffolding to treat him before the specialist team arrived. | |
| Phil Berry, from Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service, said: "The man was injured in the fall and we worked with police and ambulance colleagues to bring him down safely." | |
| The man was treated by paramedics who climbed scaffolding around the tower after a safety assessment was made. | The man was treated by paramedics who climbed scaffolding around the tower after a safety assessment was made. |
| The Reverend Andrew Avery, from the minster, said the accident happened as they were finishing morning prayer. | The Reverend Andrew Avery, from the minster, said the accident happened as they were finishing morning prayer. |
| "When we came out the fire service were already here," he said. | "When we came out the fire service were already here," he said. |
| "I believe the man fell from the scaffolding around the spire into the tower which has a flat roof. | "I believe the man fell from the scaffolding around the spire into the tower which has a flat roof. |
| "He suffered chest injuries which are significant. He is lucky because on the other side of the tower the fall would have been about 100ft (30m) to the ground or on to one of the lower roofs. | "He suffered chest injuries which are significant. He is lucky because on the other side of the tower the fall would have been about 100ft (30m) to the ground or on to one of the lower roofs. |
| "We have prayed that he will make a swift recovery." | "We have prayed that he will make a swift recovery." |