Taunton window cleaner impaled on railings after falling off ladder
9:00am Thursday 6th February 2014 in News
WINDOW cleaner Jon Richardson is nursing a sore foot after falling off a ladder and becoming impaled on railings.
But without his quick reactions he reckons the accident would have been far worse.
I fell 2 metres and was going down stomach-first with the spikes coming towards me, said Jon, aged 40.
But I got my foot out just in time, otherwise Id have had four spikes through my tummy and wouldnt be here today.
Jon was on the top rung and about to start cleaning an upstairs window in Grove Gate, Staplegrove, shortly before 10am on Saturday when the ladder slid from underneath him.
After he landed on the railings, with his body on the ground, Jon at first thought hed simply trapped his ankle.
I called for help and people came running out, said Jon, of Trendle Road, Taunton, who will be off work for six weeks.
They lifted my body up level with my feet, which is when I saw the spike had gone through my foot.
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Taunton window cleaner impaled on railings after falling off ladder
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