Barangaroo worker in hospital after fall

An apprentice electrician has been taken to hospital after falling five metres at the Barangaroo construction site in Sydney.

The first-year apprentice was working with another apprentice when he fell through a temporary floor cover over one of the service risers at about 8am on Thursday, the Electrical Trades Union said in a statement.

He was taken to Royal North Shore Hospital with leg injuries, a NSW Ambulance spokesman confirmed.

The builder, Lend Lease, has stopped all riser work in the tower where the man was working until work practices have been reviewed, the union said.