CFA brigades from Monbulk and Silvan attended a rescue in Olinda when a man became trapped underneath a fallen excavator on 18 January.
A CFA spokesperson said emergency services were called to reports of a person being trapped by the lower part of their body under an excavator that had rolled over on McCarthy Road Olinda, just before 6.30pm yesterday.
“Four CFA fire and rescue vehicles and volunteer firefighters from Monbulk and Silvan fire brigades responded to the incident,” the spokesperson said.
“Firefighters were able to release the person from under the excavator by 7.20pm and they were handed into the care of Ambulance Victoria.”
CFA members used chains to stabilise the excavator before using an airbag system and wooden cribbing to lift it off the man.
According to Monbulk CFA the man was alert and speaking with emergency services on the scene.
Ambulance Victoria confirmed a man in his 50s was flown by air ambulance to the Royal Melbourne Hospital with lower body injuries and a man in his 20s was taken to Maroondah hospital in a stable condition with upper body injuries after paramedics responded to the incident.
Members from Lilydale SES were also present to assist with carrying the patient.
