Phoenix Fire dept. forced to amputate man's arm after it is caught in a conveyor belt at a gravel business in Maricopa County, Arizona

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. After an evaluation of the situation, Jacobs said crews determined that a field amputation would be conducted on the man’s arm. He said the amputation was successful, and the man was transported to a hospital in critical condition.