The painter fell after a trailer-mounted elevating work platform tipped over on a slope behind a holiday house in Iluka Court.

The 41-year-old Traralgon man was flown to the Royal Melbourne Hospital with suspected spinal injuries.

WorkSafe’s Executive Director for Health and Safety, Ian Forsyth, says training, supervision and working safely would maximise the chances of people making Christmas.

“Make no mistake, this is a high-risk time of year. Had a delivery driver not come by allowing the alarm to be raised, this man could easily have been there for hours waiting for help to arrive.”

”A lot of pre-holiday maintenance, renovation and construction work is under way right now and is due to finish before Christmas.

“Planning the work, letting someone know where you are and having some means of communication in case something happens could save your life.”

“Two of the 20 Victorian work-related incidents this year have been as the result of falls after equipment has tipped throwing the occupant to the ground,” Ian says.