Workman plunges off cherry picker and through glass canopy
SCREAMS were heard after a man fell from a cherry picker at a market.
The victim, a council worker, who was putting up a Christmas tree, plunged through a glass canopy at Bury Market yesterday.
Emergency services raced to the scene and the man, aged 30, was rushed to hospital with serious injuries.
Shop workers said they heard ‘screaming’ before the man fell.
Pictures from the scene show the yellow cherry picker on its side after overturning outside the market, next to shards of smashed glass. Onlookers reported seeing a man being treated at the scene by paramedics before being taken to hospital.
The North West Ambulance service said the man had fallen ‘from a height’ and was taken to hospital to be treated for ‘major trauma’ from the scene at around 10am. Bury council said it is now investigating the matter and that it has been referred to the Health and Safety Executive.
Selda Ashtari, 35, of Daisy florists, said: “They we’re assembling a Christmas tree and I heard somebody screaming. He came through the glass. In these situations you should not move a person. People put some clothes and jackets under his head to make him comfortable. After that the ambulance came and they helped him. I think he broke his leg.”
A Bury council spokesperson said: “Unfortunately there was an accident this afternoon on Bury Market behind Princess Parade, which has resulted in a member of the council’s staff being taken to hospital with leg injuries. We understand that equipment being used to help erect a Christmas tree on the market, toppled over into the canopy of an adjacent shop.
“That part of the market was not open at the time, and the area has been cordoned off. We have informed the Health and Safety Executive and will be conducting our own inquiry into the incident. Our thoughts are with our colleague, and we wish him a speedy recovery.”