Man loses foot in Qld farming accident DOCTORS are racing against the clock to reattach a farmer's foot after it was severed during an accident on a southeast Queensland property. The man, in his 40s, had been mixing grain for feed on his property near Esk, northwest of Brisbane, on Sunday morning when he left foot was caught by the auger he had been using. A helicopter rescue crew picked up the man and airlifted him to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane in a stable condition. "Due to the time frame in which we delivered the patient to the emergency department he has a chance of having his foot reattached," RACQ CareFlight Doctor Jacob Crosdale said in a statement. The man was undergoing surgery early on Sunday afternoon.