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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Frances Watkins

Man rushed to hospital with serious injuries after falling from height in Togher, Co Cork

A man has suffered serious injuries after falling from a height in Togher, Co Cork on Thursday morning.

Gardai and emergency services attended the scene of the workplace incident just after 10:30 am.

A man was taken to Cork University Hospital with serious injuries after he fell from a height, Cork Beo reports.

The Health and Safety Authority has been notified and investigations are ongoing.

Crews from Cork City Fire Brigade attended the incident including their specialist rescue unit.

The team from Anglesea Street tweeted some pictures from the scene and praised the work of the other crews involved.

Man taken to hospital with serious injuries after falling from height in Togher. Cork Fire Brigade uploaded this image of the rescue operation (Cork Fire Brigade Twitter)

They posted: "Our HiAb crane was used at full reach to safely remove the patient.

"@NASCork, @WestCorkRR & @GardaTraffic also in attendance, great interagency work".

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