A man who survived a 30m fall, landing on the roof of a commercial building near Camberley, was an "informal" patient at the Hawke's Bay Hospital's mental-health unit in Hastings.
Emergency services including three fire trucks, ambulance and police staff were called to the PGG Wrightson Seed and Grain Centre on Orchard Rd where the 30-year-old had fallen from a tower, landing on the roof of a shed, about 8m off the ground.
The Fire Service used a crane ladder from one appliance to reach the injured man and to allow staff to secure him, so he could be lifted down to waiting St John ambulance staff.
St John Hawke's Bay district operations manager Stephen Smith said the man had hit a cable as he fell from the tower and had been assessed at the scene as having serious leg injuries.
He was taken to Hawke's Bay Hospital, a few blocks away from the industrial area.