One of Channel Seven‘s most senior TV producers has launched legal action against the station, becoming the latest staff member to take the troubled network to court.

Matthew McGrane, who has worked at Seven for more than 23 years including a most recent stint on the network’s breakfast show Sunrise, is suing in the Federal Court under provisions of the Fair Work Act.

The exact details of the lawsuit – which is being defended by Seven – are unclear, however it comes after Mr McGrane fell from his wheelchair and suffered a horrific injury while travelling from Seven’s Eveleigh, Sydney office to his home in order to continue his shift.

Mr McGrane revealed details of the accident to the ABC’s Four Corners program in August.

He said his shift on the Sunrise program went until midnight every night, but he had reached an arrangement with management where he could leave at 9pm and finish his shift at home.

The arrangement meant that Mr McGrane, who has used a wheelchair for more than 20 years, would be able to access buses that stopped running at 11pm.

Three months into the new schedule, however, he had an accident on the way to the bus.

Producer Matthew McGrane is suing Channel Seven after falling off his wheelchair during a shift for the network’s Sunrise program

Mr McGrane’s most recent role at Seven was supervising producer of Sunrise from 2018 (pictured Sunrise hosts Natalie Barr and Matt Shirvington)

Mr McGrane (pictured with late Seven newsreader Ian Ross) has worked at Seven for more than 23 years and remains employed by the network, according to his LinkedIn profile

Mr McGrane said he left the building at 9.30pm one night and, while steering his wheelchair through the dark and rain, he hit a gap in the footpath.

‘My wheels got caught. I came flying out, I landed extremely awkwardly, ended up breaking my lower arm,’ he said.

‘As I came out my face dragged along the pavement, I could feel my teeth scraping along the footpath because they’d actually gone through my lip.

‘I was in agonising pain and I was howling like a dog. I’d actually ripped all the muscles off the bone. And they had to drill a hole into my arm to reattach the muscles.’

Mr McGrane said with just one functioning arm, he was trapped at home and unable to care for himself for 10 weeks.

He filed a workers’ compensation claim to pay for a carer.

But although the injury happened while he was on his shift, Seven told his insurer there was no formal agreement allowing him to split his shift.

‘I just could not believe that that had been communicated to the insurance company, and that the insurance company was using that as the reason to deny me my compensation claim’ Mr McGrane said.

Mr McGrane said he was unable to get workers compensation from his insurer after the accident

He was left feeling ‘abandoned, hurt (and) completely in disbelief that this would happen’.

A spokesperson for Seven told Daily Mail Australia: ‘Seven rejects the claims made by Mr McGrane and will defend its position in this matter.

‘As this is now before the courts, we are unable to comment further.’

Mr McGrane is still working for Seven, according to his LinkedIn profile, and his roles at the network have included executive producer and supervising producer roles.

Mr McGrane’s lawsuit comes off the back of a string of recent scandals at Seven.

The reputation of the network’s Spotlight program was tarnished when one of the producers, Taylor Auerbach, claimed Bruce Lehrmann had been supplied with drugs and prostitutes in exchange for his bombshell exclusive interview about Brittany Higgins’ rape allegations.

Mr Auerbach is now suing the network for defamation.

Journalist Amelia Saw also launched Federal Court proceedings against Seven under the Fair Work Act, claiming she was subjected to a hostile working environment during her time at Spotlight in 2022 – a case that was settled with the network in January.

In August the ABC’s Four Corners program also aired allegations of a ‘toxic’ and ‘soul-crushing’ work environment for female employees.

Daily Mail Australia has reached out to Mr McGrane for comment.