Paramedics say a Melbourne factory worker is lucky to have escaped serious injury after he became wedged between two massive rolls of paper.
The 42-year-old man had been moving a giant 200 kilogram roll of paper when his foot and leg became trapped under another paper roll at the Campbellfield factory in Melbourne's north.
Workmates ran to help and took about five minutes to pull him free just after midnight this morning.
He's now in a stable condition at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Paramedic Louise Wylie says it's incredibly luck he was pulled out as quickly as he was.
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'He told us he had been trying to move a 200 kilogram roll of paper when his lower left leg and foot became trapped against another roll of the same size.
'We were told workmates had managed to free the man within five minutes and first aid officers were caring for him when we arrived.
'Our first priority was to help make him more comfortable, so we used an inhaler and then a drip to give him pain relief medication.
'We used a splint to immobilise and support his injured leg.
'Once we had his pain at a more manageable level, a number of factory workers helped us move him from the building to an ambulance.
'We then took him to the Royal Melbourne Hospital in a stable condition.
'It's incredibly lucky he didn't get the rest of his leg trapped, and that he managed to get out as quickly as he did' Ms Wylie said.
