By Cam Lucadou-Wells
A worker has been seriously injured after being trapped in machinery in a factory in Dandenong South.
Paramedics and CFA and FRV fire crews were called to the Regent Paints factory in Kimberly Road just before 8.30am on Tuesday 6 October.
Eight firefighters worked for 45 minutes to free the victim and make the scene safe, an FRV spokesperson said.
The worker was taken to The Alfred Hospital in a serious condition with upper body injuries, an Ambulance Victoria spokesperson said.
The scene was handed over to WorkSafe investigators.