Emergency services rescued a man from an excavator at Greta on Tuesday after the machine moved and the tracks trapped his leg.
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NSW Fire and Rescue crews from Branxton-Greta and Lambton, paramedics and the NSW Rural Fire Service arrived at the scene shortly after the man became trapped in the backyard of a home in Guy Close about 1.45pm.
They hatched a plan to use an off-duty firefighter's Four Wheel Drive as an anchor point while they carefully raised the Posi-Track using two hand winches and the 4x4 winch.
After the man was removed from the machine he was stabilised and taken to hospital via the Toll Air Ambulance.
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