Rescue workers lift ship worker after 40-foot fall

TAMPA  — Tampa Fire Rescue crews rescued a 29-year-old ship worker Monday after the man fell 40-feet from the deck of a freighter into the ship.

The accident happened shortly before 4 p.m. at Tampa Bay Ship Building & Repair, 1130 McCloskey Blvd, in the Port of Tampa.

Tampa Fire Rescue Capt. Bill Wade said the man was working on the deck of the freighter Thor Neptune, a dry docked freighter out of Bangkok, when he fell.

The man, whose name was not released, did not have life-threatening injuries. Rescue workers were able to reach him by lowering a crane and a basket into the ship.

The man was awake when he was rescued. He was taken to Tampa General Hospital.

Rebecca Catalanello, Times staff writer

Photo courtesy Tampa Fire Rescue Capt. Bill Wade