Man winched off vessel by RACQ CapRescue near Facing Island

A man has been winched off a bulk carrier ship by the RACQ Capricorn Rescue Service after he sustained an arm injury while on board.

RACQ Capricorn Rescue winched a man off a bulk carrier vessel at Gladstone on March 5.

A man has been winched off a bulk carrier ship by the RACQ Capricorn Rescue Service after he sustained an arm injury while on board the ship.

A triple-0 call was received by Queensland Ambulance Service at 2.05am reporting that a man in his 30s had an arm injury after falling.

The vessel was near Facing Island which is 12km from the mainland.

Due to the location, the RACQ Capricorn Rescue was tasked to extricate the man, flying from the Rockhampton base.

The RACQ Capricorn Rescue landed on the vessel to attend to the man who had sustained an arm injury in waters off Gladstone on March 5.

It was reported his injuries needed immediate medical attention.

The man was winched off the vessel by the rescue team just after 7am and flown to Gladstone Hospital in a stable condition.

The helicopter departed the Gladstone Hospital just before 8am back to Rockhampton.

Originally published as Man winched off vessel by RACQ CapRescue near Facing Island