Worker suffers serious leg injuries unloading metal beams at industrial estate

POLICE have launched an investigation after a worker was badly hurt in an accident at an industrial estate in Hythe.

The casualty, a 49-year-old man from Waterlooville, had been unloading metal beams from a lorry when the incident took place at Hythe Marine Park in Shore Road, shortly before 2.30pm on Tuesday.

.Southampton General HospitalParamedics treated him at the scene for serious leg injuries, which were described by a Hampshire police spokesperson as “not life-threatening”. He was then taken by ambulance to

.HytheThe police spokesperson said: “We were called at 2.39pm on 21st July to reports of an industrial accident at Hythe Marine Park, Shore Road,

“A 49-year-old man from Waterlooville suffered a serious, but not life-threatening, injury after an accident whilst unloading metal beams from a lorry.

“Officers have attended and gathered initial evidence. The injured man was taken to Southampton General Hospital to be treated for his injuries.”

The A&T has contacted the Health and Safety Executive for a statement about the accident, but a response has not yet been received.