A plumber has undergone emergency surgery after a power tool cut through his foot.

Paramedics and fire crews from Basildon and Grays rushed to help construction worker Paul Pidgeon, 31, who dropped an angle grinder while working on a loft conversion in Hutton.

He was taken to Broomfield Hospital by air ambulance.

Published Thursday, June 5, 2003

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