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.