A construction worker who fell from 18 feet from a cooling tower has won his claim for compensation, it has been reported.

Following the accident at Didcot Power Station in Oxfordshire, Stephen Deakes of Stainforth suffered serious head and chest injuries and requires around-the-clock care.

Mr Deakes was installing plastic packing inside the cooling tower when the accident occurred, according to the Thorne Gazette.

Judge Reddihough ruled at Sheffield Crown Court that employers Thermal Energy Construction Ltd would have to pay a sum large enough to cover Mr Deake’s life-long care and any future specialist equipment he requires.

Hi wife Amanda commented: "Without the settlement we would constantly be worrying about where the money was coming from for his physiotherapy, communication aids, wheelchairs and anything else that crops up in the future."

Recently, a worker in the US spent three hours bleeding after an accident involving the fan blades of a rooftop cooling tower, reports the Las Vegas Review Journal.