Man trampled by cow in central Queensland

A man has wrestled a cow off a Queensland cattleman after it flung him onto railings and stomped on his ribs.

The unlucky victim was loading cattle into a truck near Rockhampton about 9am on Tuesday when the cow bowled him over and trampled him, RACQ Capricorn Rescue Helicopter says.

He was flung backward into a cattle railing, where he hit his head and was repeatedly trampled by the cow, a spokeswoman told AAP.

"He wasn't knocked out - but because the cow was stomping on him he wasn't able to get up until someone removed the beast," she says.

"He was trapped."

The injured man has lacerations and broken ribs. He was flown to Rockhampton Hospital in a stable condition.