A MAN had to be pulled to safety from under four tonnes of scrap metal after a bizarre late night incident at Breakwater.

Emergency services were called to Breakwater Metal Recyclers on Leather St after reports a man was moaning from inside a skip bin covered in a large amount of scrap metal about 8am Tuesday.

It’s believed the man, who was not an employee of the company, may have been trapped since midnight in chilly conditions before being discovered.

Wayne Gill, owner of the scrap metal yard found the man stuck head first in the bin when he arrived at work this morning.

“Apparently he reckons he got pissed last night on the way home,” Mr Gill said.

“He had a blue with his wife and he decided he’d come down to the scrap metal yard and he said to me: ‘Stuffed if I know how I got in here upside down, I’ve just woken up and found myself in a scrap metal yard with four tonne of scrap metal on top of me.’”

media_camera Emergency services work to free a man trapped under a large amount of scrap metal at Breakwater. Picture: Supplied.

media_camera Paramedics at the scene. Picture: Mike Dugdale

media_camera It’s unclear how the man ended in the recycling bin. Picture: Mike Dugdale

Sergeant Dan Willsmore said while there was no obvious evidence of forced entry, police would review CCTV from the area.

“The owner has arrived and heard some moaning in the yard and thought it was coming from the shed nearby,” he said.

“He’s then looked through bins and saw legs sticking out into the air.

“He was wearing a dark brown, weathered Akubra hat.”

South Barwon SES member Scott Clark said crews were forced to empty the skip piece by piece over half an hour to free the trapped man.

“He was then loaded onto a spinal board and into the waiting ambulance,” he said.

“He was conscious.”

The man was taken to Geelong hospital in a stable condition suffering pelvic injuries.

Investigations are continuing.

Originally published as ‘Stuffed if I know how I ended up here’