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Severe injury with Hand Amputation and Skull Fracture
In preparation for the filter change in the generator engine, the injured person partially removed his jacket, releasing his right arm first. The suction created by the fan pulling in air from outside the container, physically pulled the free part of the jacket and the Injured Person¿s left hand, which was still inside the jacket sleeve, into the unguarded balance wheel pulley assembly.

The Motorman ¿injured person has suffered a traumatic amputation of his left arm below the elbow and a fractured skull as a result of the contact of his head with the cylinder block or exhaust manifold.


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