A man has been airlifted to hospital after his leg was trapped in agricultural machinery.
The 30-year-old man's leg was stuck in a threshing machine near South Molton, Devon.
The accident happened at George Nympton just before midday, with fire crews from South Molton and Barnstaple sent to the scene.
They found the man trapped up to his thigh in the machine, with South Western Ambulance Service paramedics and a Devon Air Ambulance crew already in attendance.
Hydraulic cutting equipment and safety at height equipment was used to free him and he was flown to hospital by the air ambulance.
A threshing machine or thresher is a piece of farm equipment that threshes grain, that is, removes the seeds from the stalks and husks. It does so by beating the plant to make the seeds fall out.
A representative of Devon and Somerset fire service said: "The man was released from the machinery and lowered to the floor. He was still conscious.
"The police have been informed. The incident happened on a farm along a road between Cafanymet and Limers Lane Cross. A 30-year-old man was trapped by his foot and leg in the machine. We were alerted by the ambulance service."
