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Man flown to hospital after trapping leg in machinery

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A man has been rushed to hospital after trapping his leg in machinery during a workplace accident in NSW.

Emergency services were alerted at 8.05 am today that the 35-year-old man had a leg severed by a machine at an industrial property at Ralfe Street, Tahmoor. in the Macarthur Region.

A man's leg became trapped in machinery at a property in Tahmoor.

A man's leg became trapped in machinery at a property in Tahmoor. 9News

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A helicopter flew the man to Liverpool Hospital after he trapped a leg in machinery during a workplace accident. Nine

Reports say the had half his leg ripped off in a machine at Ingham's turkey processing facility on Ralfe Street in Tahmoor, a NSW Ambulance spokesman told AAP.

A spokesman at the Ingham's facility told AAP there was an incident at the site this morning but wasn't able to disclose further details.

He was later freed and is now being flown to Liverpool Hospital in western Sydney, in a critical condition.

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SafeWork NSW is on its way to the factory.

Reported with AAP

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