Man hospitalised after falling from oyster barge that hit sandbar at Bakers Beach

A man has been taken to hospital after falling overboard from an oyster barge that struck a sandbar in the state’s north this morning.

Emergency services were called to Bakers Beach, east of Devonport, around 9:30am on Thursday after reports a man had gone overboard.

Police said the man was briefly trapped between the sandbar and the barge before other people on board pulled him from the water.

He was treated at the scene and taken to the Launceston General Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

“The man was part of a group of people returning from a tour of the oyster farm when the incident occurred,” a police spokesperson said.

“WorkSafe Tasmania and the Australian Maritime Safety Authority have been notified of the incident.”