Man hospitalised after becoming impaled following 3m fall at construction site

A man in his 20s has been hospitalised after becoming impaled following a multi-metre fall at a construction site.

A man has been injured after falling 3m and becoming impaled in the buttocks at a construction site in northwest Sydney.

Emergency services were called to a construction site on Talavera Road in Macquarie Park shortly before 11am after reports a worker had fallen several metres from the worksite.

A man has been injured after falling through a deck at a construction site in northwest Sydney. Picture: 9News

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - Monday, 14 April 2025: 94 Talavera Road at Macquarie Park, Macquarie Park. A man has been injured after falling through a deck at a construction site in north-west Sydney. Picture: NewsWire / Monique Harmer

The man, aged in his 20s, fell several metres from a “high level floor” and through a deck, a NSW Ambulance spokesman told NewsWire.

In the process of the fall, the man became impaled in his buttocks.

The man became impaled after falling three metres. Picture: 9News

A man has been injured after falling through a deck at a construction site in north-west Sydney. Picture: NewsWire / Monique Harmer

Paramedics were on the scene and worked to winch the man to safety.

“It took a little while to get him down,” the ambulance spokesman said.

The man was transported to Royal North Shore hospital.

NewsWire has contacted SafeWork NSW for comment.

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