The Saskatoon Fire Department was called in for a rescue on Monday after a man got stuck inside a garbage truck.

In an emailed statement, a police spokesperson said first responders were called to the intersection of College Drive and University Drive around 9:20 a.m.

Police found a man inside a Loraas garbage truck, the spokesperson said, and firefighters were later able to remove him.

Firefighters used tools to extract him from the compartment and set up a rope system to lower him from the truck, the fire department says.

According to the fire department, the man was dumped into the Loraas truck from the inside of a recycling bin.

He was taken to hospital by paramedics with injuries described as non-life-threatening.