A man is recovering in hospital after falling five metres from a scaffolding platform at a Geelong school.

The 35-year-old was working in the chapel at Sacred Heart College when the accident happened just before 8 o’clock this morning.

He was found by another contractor who’d been working on the school’s new library, who went to investigate after hearing a loud crash.

MCIHAEL BIRT from Worksafe says it could have been far worse:

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Picture (above): The historic chapel at Sacred Heart College

Picture (below): The inside of the chapel, the scene of this morning’s accident