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Thu 07 Jul 2006€640,000 for loss of three fingersA young woman who had to have three fingers amputated after she suffered a serious crush injury when her hand was sucked in to a machine at work, has been awarded more than €640,000 by the High Court.Clodagh McNally's hand was sucked into a machine after she went to free an envelope caught in it at her workplace four years ago.