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A Bristol man has suffered severe brain injury after a scaffolding tube fell on to his head from 15 storeys.

Richard Chodkiewicz had been working from Hoistway Ltd on a lift installation when the 7lb tube fell down the lift shaft hitting him on the head.

The tube had been tied to a length of piano wire, which was being used to hoist it up the shaft by another worker, positioned on the 18th storey of the Radisson Blu hotel in Marsh Street, Bristol.

Mr Chodkiewicz suffered permanent brain damage as a result of the impact.

Health and Safety Executive inspector Steve Frain explained: "Even a smaller object falling on him from that height could have killed him or his colleagues.

"As it was, he was struck with such force by the pole that he now has severe brain damage and requires 24-hour care."

Recent research published in the British Medical Journal indicated that injecting brain injury patients with tranexamic acid could stem bleed progression and curb disability.

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