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Updated at 6.27pm
THE SHANNON-BASED Rescue 115 Coast Guard helicopter was called to the scene this morning after a 54-year-old man carrying out surveying work fell at a cliff in Co Kerry.
The man was part of three person team conducting work on behalf of Ordnance Survey Ireland – the national mapping agency.
The man who fell managed to climb back up, but was unable to make it up to the top of the cliff.
A decision was made to winch him to safety — and the Coast Guard chopper then airlifted him to hospital in Tralee.
“The man was working at water level when the incident occurred, and did not fall off a cliff,” a statement released on behalf of Ordnance Survey Ireland said.
“The three members of the survey team were wearing their full complement of protective equipment, including helmets, life-jackets, and harnesses, and also were anchored to the rocks with climbing ropes.
“As a precaution, the lead surveyor called on the assistance of the emergency services which airlifted the surveyor to Kerry General Hospital.
“He suffered no apparent injuries but was being detained for observation.”
The alarm was raised this morning at around 11.38am, according to Valentia Coastguard.
Fenit lifeboat, and rescue boats from Ballybunion and Glenderry also attended the scene.
The other two men were found suffering from slight hypothermia, but were otherwise unharmed.
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Sounds like the area definitely needs to be re-mapped.
That sounded a bit hairy! Glad to hear he’s ok.
The GPS said “You have arrived at your destinationnnnnnn”…
Glad to hear he wasn’t badly hurt.
Those involved appear to be professional surveyors and would have no problem providing an exact Lat/Long for emergency services to assist.
Unfortunately for Joe Public accidents like this were not within the remit of EIRCODEs and thus the €27 million we are spending on them won’t help one little bit for off dwelling accidents but it might help improve An Post’s next day delivery rate from 98% to maybe 99%….bravo money well spent.
The public needs an accessible easy to use code to help in emergencies such as this.
Oh bugger off with your hobby horse issue!
No Colm it is a public safety issue that needs to be highlighted.
I wonder was saying to his colleagues there should a cliff around here.
Dont they trust google maps
Irish water, blah blah blah.
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