The owner of a meat business in western Michigan has been ordered to pay nearly $1,200 after a 17-year-old worker lost his hand in a grinder.

The owner of a meat business in western Michigan has been ordered to pay nearly $1,200 after a 17-year-old worker lost his hand in a grinder.

    • RickRussell_CA
      32•11 months ago

      Employing a minor in a dangerous profession is apparently a misdemeanor under state law. It sounds like he avoided jail time as part of a plea deal.

      But, we don’t know what arrangement he might have made regarding civil liability. It’s not in the article and I can’t find it reported anywhere.

        • RickRussell_CA
          2•11 months ago

          True. Possible that the victim’s lawyers wanted to wait until the formal guilty verdict before bringing a civil action, or merely use the guilty verdict as a negotiation tactic at the bargaining table.

    • @TheDubz87@lemmy.world
      24•11 months ago

      I can’t actually seem to open the article but that was my first thought lol “nearly $1200”…

      If that’s true, it’s an absolute travesty…