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87428
Mon, 11/02/2009 - 21:01
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Tradie tumbles off Rudd's roof



A tradesman has been taken to hospital after tumbling from the roof of the prime
minister's Brisbane home.
The worker was cleaning gutters on the Kevin Rudd's Norman Park home on Monday when
he fell.
WorkCover Queensland is investigating the workplace accident and the tradesman is
being treated at a Brisbane hospital.
A spokesman for the prime minister told AAP the Rudd family are concerned for the
injured worker.
"This morning there was a terrible accident involving a tradesman cleaning the
gutters at the Rudd family house in Brisbane," he said.
"Following the accident an ambulance was called and the tradesman involved is now
receiving medical treatment in a Brisbane hospital.
"This was a serious accident and as is appropriate both the Queensland Police and
WorkCover Queensland were immediately notified."
WorkCover Queensland is now undertaking a full investigation into the accident.


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