Sunshine Coast rooftop fall: Man rushed to hospital after fall from Nambour home

Critical care paramedics have rushed a man to hospital after a fall from the roof of a Sunshine Coast home, the third serious fall incident in the region in three weeks.

An elderly man has been rushed to hospital after falling from the roof of a home in Nambour.

Critical care paramedics were called to Macquarie Ct, Nambour, about 9.30am Wednesday, August 3, 2022, to reports of a man injured after falling from the roof of a house.

A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said a man in his 80s was taken to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition with chest injuries.

The spokeswoman said the man had fallen about 3m from a private residence and it was not understood to have been a formal job site.

She said the man had been alert and conscious when he was taken to hospital.

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It comes after the tragic death of Palmwoods grandfather Greg Brown, who died after he fell 5m-10m from the roof of a Mill Ln, Nambour business and suffered critical head injuries on July 14, 2022.

Less than a fortnight later a man reported to be in his 20s was rushed to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a critical condition with head injuries after falling from the roof of a Sunrise Rd, Eumundi home in a workplace incident.

He was stabilised in hospital.

Workplace Health and Safety had been advised of the incidents involving Mr Brown and the Eumundi job site.