{"id":189136,"date":"2025-06-16T13:59:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T13:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/189136\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T13:59:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T13:59:10","slug":"injured-workmen-rescued-from-edgbaston-building-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/189136\/","title":{"rendered":"Injured workmen rescued from Edgbaston building site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The men were rushed to hospital after the incident off Bristol Road in Edgbaston<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_076A6678JPG.jpg\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Police at the scene in Edgbaston(Image: Nick Wilkinson\/Birmingham Live)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Two workmen have been rushed to hospital after being injured on a five-storey building site in Birmingham today, Monday, June 16.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The men were rescued from the fourth floor by firefighters having become trapped at the site, off Bristol Road, in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/edgbaston\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Edgbaston<\/a>, at around 8.30am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">One man, who suffered more serious injuries, was taken to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/queen-elizabeth-hospital\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Queen Elizabeth Hospital<\/a> for further trauma treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/police-chase-stolen-bmw-used-31863548\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Police chase stolen BMW used in multiple burglaries and make discovery<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A second man was taken to the Midlands Metropolitan University Hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/west-midlands-ambulance-service\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">West Midlands Ambulance Service<\/a> spokeswoman told BirminghamLive: &#8220;We were called to two people who had been injured on a building site on Bristol Road in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/edgbaston\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Edgbaston<\/a> at 8.31am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;HART paramedics, two ambulances, two paramedic officers and a MERIT trauma team responded to the scene along with fire and police colleagues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;On arrival crews found two men on the fourth floor of a building site who had been injured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;HART paramedics worked with fire colleagues to reach the men before they were safely lowered to the ground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Both men sustained serious injuries and received trauma care on scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;One man, with more serious injuries, was taken to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/queen-elizabeth-hospital\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Queen Elizabeth Hospital<\/a> for further trauma treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;The second man was conveyed to Midlands Metropolitan University Hospital.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/west-midlands-police\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">West Midlands Police<\/a> spokesman told BirminghamLive: &#8220;We were called by paramedics just before 8.40am today after two people were injured on the Bristol Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;We have supported other emergency services, and are liaising with the Health &amp; Safety Executive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A West Midlands Fire Service spokesman said: &#8220;Shortly after 8.45am on Monday (16 June), we responded to Bristol Road in the Edgbaston area of <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;A fire engine and a hydraulic aerial platform from Highgate station responded. Two crews from our specialist Technical Rescue Unit also attended the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;This was an incident involving two casualties who were trapped on the fourth floor of a five-storey building site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;They were rescued by firefighters who reached them using a hydraulic aerial platform. Crews were assisted by paramedics from the Hazardous Area Response Team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;It&#8217;s believed one casualty was conveyed to Midlands Metropolitan University Hospital and the other to Queen Elizabeth Hospital. 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