Incident
Rescue
Date
2.15pm - 20 September 2022
Last updated
11.56pm - 27 September 2022
Status
Closed
Incident type
From height
Location
Hemyock
Attending station
Taunton
Wellington
A worker was rescued from scaffolding at a new build site in Hemyock after sustaining an injury and being unable to safely climb back down. Crews from Wellington and Taunton attended, together with an aerial ladder platform from Taunton and a Special Rescue Team from Barnstaple.
At 1533hrs crews confirmed that the casualty had been safely removed from the roof level of the house (approx 20ft) using the aerial ladder platform from Taunton, whereby he was handed over to paramedics to be conveyed to hospital via road ambulance.