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Man seriously injured in ladder fall

A man suffered serious injuries when he fell more than four metres from a ladder, landing face first on concrete at a house in Melbourne's southeast.

The 50-year-old man was painting on the upper storey of a house in Fontaine Terrace, Narre Warren South when he fell about 2.30pm (AEDT) on Thursday, an Ambulance Victoria spokesman said.

Intensive care paramedics treated the man for serious facial and head injuries and took him to The Alfred hospital.

It's the fourth case of its type in three days, the spokesman said.

On Wednesday, a 75-year-old man was injured when he fell from a ladder while pruning trees at his home in Fairfield, in the city's north.

On Tuesday, a 62-year-old man fell 2.5 metres through a pergola roof on to concrete at Werribee, in Melbourne's west, while on the same day a 57-year-old man fell while climbing from a roof to a ladder at bayside Brighton.

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