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Fire crews were forced to amputate a man’s arm that was caught in a conveyor belt during a workplace accident in Laveen, officials said Monday. The accident occurred just after 9:30 a.m. Monday at a sand, rock and gravel business near 69th and Southern avenues, said Capt. Jonathan Jacobs of the Phoenix Fire Department. Paramedics called to the scene helped stabilized the man, and extrication crews were called to help free the employee from the machinery, Jacobs said.