Tradie hospitalised after becoming impaled on timber post at Toorak home

A tradie has suffered critical injuries after being impaled on a timber post at a construction site in an up-market Melbourne suburb.

It’s understood the construction worker, aged in his 30s, was standing on the roof of a property undergoing renovations on Irving Rd in Toorak about 7.15am on Tuesday when he fell.

“Firefighters arrived on scene to find a patient impaled by timber after a fall from a higher level,” a Fire Rescue Victoria spokesman told NewsWire

The FRV, assisted by the High Angle Rescue Team, were forced to cut the timber post away to free the man and lay him on a flat surface.

He suffered injuries to his upper body, an Ambulance spokesman told NewsWire.

Ambulance treated the man and transported him to the Alfred Hospital in a critical condition.

WorkSafe is investigating the incident.