22.01.2008
Fall at work
The Health and Safety Executive has launched an inquiry after a 65-year-old subcontractor was seriously hurt at a paper mill in Kent.
Paramedics attended the accident at the M-Real New Thames Mill in Kemsley, Sittingbourne, and the man was airlifted to hospital.
It is believed the worker was descending into a pulping tank when he fell between 9ft and 12ft.
Two fire crews from Sittingbourne assisted the emergency services, who moved him from the scene of the accident on a spinal board and took him to the Royal London Hospital in east London by helicopter.
Company secretary David Scudder said: "The injured party was unconscious for a small period, but later regained consciousness.
"The Health and Safety Executive has been advised. We will also be carrying out our own investigation."
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