Company violates age policy, 14-year-old loses a hand
A teenage worker's life was altered forever when his employer allowed him to operate machinery illegally and the 14-year-old lost his hand in the process.
Shady Knob Pallet Co. of Middlefield received citations from OSHA on July 7 following an inspection that found the young man suffered the injury when he touched the operating parts of a wood planer while manufacturing pallets on March 31.