PENDER, NEBRASKA — A farmer in Nebraska had to amputate his own leg after it got trapped in farming equipment, ABC News reports.<br /><br />Kurt Kaser told ABC News he was working all by himself on his farm, shifting grain into a bin using a mobile grain auger when suddenly the unthinkable happened.<br /><br />Kaser explained that he had previously removed part of the safety screen covering the auger's hopper but he forgot that while shifting the grain.<br /><br />As soon as Kaser stepped onto the machine, it grabbed him and started twisting his leg.<br /><br />The Nebraskan farmer said the equipment started tearing away the skin, tissue and even muscle from his leg to the point where he was able to see his bone.<br /><br />Kaser remembered he had a pocket knife with a 3 to 4 inch blade. He then used the knife to sever his leg eight inches below the knee.<br /><br />The 63 year-old told ABC News he then got on his hands and knees and dragged himself across rock and gravel to his shed where he immediately contacted one of his sons.<br /><br />They dialled 911 and soon a medical helicopter arrived onsite and swiftly took him to a trauma center 90 miles away.<br /><br />This, however, isn't the first time Kaser has had his leg stuck in an auger. He told ABC News his right leg was injured by the machine just a few years ago. <br /><br />Kaser spent three weeks undergoing rehabilitation at a hospital. According to WCSC-TV, he now hopes to get a prosthetic leg and get back to farming.
