Man rescued after falling down 6 metre hole at Brisbane construction site

A man has been taken to hospital after falling down a 6-metre hole at a worksite in Woolloongabba in Brisbane at 9:00am.

Queensland Fire and Emergency Service (QFES) Inspector Mark Burchard said crews were called to the site after a worker fell into the hole on the corner of Deshon and Railway streets.

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“The hole is approximately 6 metres deep by 6 metres wide. On arrival crews found him flat on his back at the bottom of the hole,” Inspector Burchard said.

Inspector Burchard said emergency personnel set up a control line to to help lift the man out of the hole and Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) assisted QFES in…