A LIFEBOAT crew helped take a man to hospital after he injured his hand on an oil rig.

A LIFEBOAT crew helped take a man to hospital after he injured his hand on an oil rig.

Lowestoft all-weather lifeboat was called to an oil rig 13 miles off the coast at around 4.20pm today.

A man was brought back to shore with an injured hand and taken to the James Paget Hospital in Gorleston.