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Man loses fingers in crusher machine

Oct 06, 2010 News


…boss says he was outside his job area
In an instant, a little over three weeks ago, the life of 25-year-old Devindra Lall changed. The young man who was the sole breadwinner of his family was left jobless, the result of an accident.
The responsibility of taking care of his wife and two young children has become that of his parents, Seeta and Harry Lall.
Devindra lost four of the fingers on his left hand. He now says that he is incapable of holding a job, due to the severity of his mishap.
“I was feeding a machine at Charity and another worker who was at the time with me was receiving, when all of a sudden I realized one of my fingers got caught, in the machine, then my palm.”
Devindra recalled vividly September 11, last, when the incident occurred. According to the young man whose hand is still in bandages, around 14:00 hours, he and another friend were working on a cane mill owned by an accomplished businessman when the unfortunate incident occurred.
He had to be transferred to the Suddie Public Hospital from the Oscar Joseph Hospital, where he was a patient for five days. He claims that all he received was $10,500 from his boss, instead of the three months pay agreed to by his employer.
“He did not give me anything more. This is unfair,” lamented Lall.
But the businessman insists that he assisted Lall throughout the period of his incapacitation and is even making NIS payments for him.
The businessman, who claims he has also offered monetary payments to Lall, said, “He only worked two months and that was not really his job. His job was to wash fruits.”

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