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Man's arm amputated after getting caught in machine
Los Angeles Times
A 63-year-old man's arm was amputated when it got caught in an industrial lathe in Santa Ana, officials said Friday. The accident occurred about 11:30 pm Thursday at aircraft parts manufacturer GE Aviation on East Dyer Road as the man was turning a ...

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Man Thanks God and Boot for Saving his Life
WHSV
Corey Maxwell and his wife said the doctors did everything they could to try to avoid an amputation, but Corey got so sick that they had to cut off his big toe to save his life. Corey is recovering after he got caught in an auger machine at work.

Oseeo fire chief injured in rototiller accident
Leader-Telegram
OSSEO — Automotive dealer and Osseo Rural Fire Department Chief Nels Gunderson was seriously injured Sunday afternoon in a rototiller accident. Gunderson's right leg was amputated about 4 inches below the knee at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minn ...

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ABC News
No Tears as Ga. Woman Sees Bacteria-Ravaged Hands
ABC News
Flesh-Eating Bacteria Victim Can't Remember Accident Watch Video College Student Battles Flesh-Eating Bacteria Watch Video Student With Flesh-Eating Bacteria 'Critical' Watch Video Copeland's father said she was still unaware of plans to amputate her ...
Aimee Copeland shows improvement in palms after time in hyperbaric chamber ...CBS News
Flesh-Eating Bacteria Victim Doesn't Cry Over Damaged HandsNews One
Woman Who Lost Leg to Flesh-Eating Bug Has "No Tears" As She Sees Bacteria ...Medical Daily

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Fort Worth Star Telegram
Childhood safety: Lawn mower accidents can happen fast
Fort Worth Star Telegram
"Several children treated in the emergency room for lawn mower injuries had to have their legs amputated," Peaks said. One was a boy who was riding on a mower with his grandfather. The youngster jumped off and was pulled under the machine.

Kent Online
Firm fined £10k after worker's arm severed in freak accident
Kent Online
His left hand and forearm were amputated by an unguarded conveyor system on December 20, 2010. Dartford magistrates heard the conveyor belt - used to transfer waste into a sorting shed - was juddering and virbrating after becoming blocked by stones.

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New York Times
A Once-Unthinkable Choice for Amputees
New York Times
They amputated half of it. The prosthetic foot she received afterward left her in constant pain; she often cried in her car after trips to the grocery store because she dreaded carrying the bags into the house. Her prosthetist offered a solution.
Cutting-edge prosthetics give amputees a radical choiceBrisbane Times

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French Tribune
When Is It OK to Replace Human Limbs With Technology?
New York Times (blog)
By DANIEL E. SLOTNIK Some amputees are taking advantage of prosthetic advances in a manner that would have previously been unimaginable: they are opting to have healthy parts of their bodies amputated to accommodate more sophisticated replacement limbs ...
Cutting-edge prosthetics give amputees a radical choiceSydney Morning Herald

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Adhesive Tape Machine Accident Sees Worker Lose Thumb
Ashley Ainsworth
When the accident occurred he was undergoing training into fixing common problems with the running printing press machine. However, whilst he was doing this, his hand was pulled between the machine's rollers and he suffered a devastating injury.

Human Resources Journal
OSHA sets $56K fine for Bazzini worker amputation
Allentown Morning Call
The fines, it said, would total $56400 and come after OSHA investigated an incident in which a 46-year-old worker had an arm amputated below the elbow by a machine Nov. 11. Bazzini employs about 250 workers and makes snacks made of chocolates, ...
Wednesday BriefingFairWarning (blog)

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