Teen worker loses leg, co-worker loses fingers at Case Farms
Both were fired after the incidents
A leading supplier of fast food and supermarket chicken is facing more than $1.4 million in fines this year for worker safety and health violations, including several that led a teenaged worker to suffer the amputation of his lower leg.
OSHA has levied the latest penalties against Case Farms Processing Inc. for 16 violations at the chicken processor's Canton facility. The safety failures resulted in two serious injuries to workers while they cleaned machines. A 17-year-old worker, employed by cleaning subcontractor Cal-Clean had his left leg amputated from the knee down and a 24-year-old Case Farms employee lost two fingertips.