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The owner of the meat processing plant was ordered to pay a whopping $1143 to a teen who lost his hand in a meat grinder

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[-] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 77 points 11 months ago

Here's a full story

Ionia County Judge Ray Voet said the accident was a “horrible tragedy” but didn't warrant jail or probation for Darin Wilbur (Owner)

If a homeless man sneezed on someone he'd be calling for the death penalty.

“Two months later, we wouldn’t even be here,” the judge said, noting that the teen soon would have turned 18 years old.

The $1100 fine for permanently disabiling a child was too much.

Defense attorney Howard Van Den Heuvel said Wilbur hired the teen, a high school dropout, as a way to help him. He said the boy was warned to never put his hand inside the grinder.

Blame the child who lost their hand to a greedy boss.

[-] TrudeauCastroson@hexbear.net 59 points 11 months ago

"I can't believe you mutilated your hand after I specifically told you not to, wtf"

[-] somename@hexbear.net 29 points 11 months ago

"Children's hands just yearn for the shredder. What are you going to do in the end?"

[-] AcidSmiley@hexbear.net 50 points 11 months ago

“Two months later, we wouldn’t even be here,” the judge said, noting that the teen soon would have turned 18 years old.

Not to excuse this callous fuck of a judge, but yes, this happens all the fucking time in slaughterhouses and nobody bats an eye. Killing and chopping up animals is a brutalizing, inhumane business not only to the creatures that are murdered for the treats, but also to the workers who perform the gruesome labor, frequently because they are in such a precarious position they need to take this kind of job that over time maims both the body and the soul of those employed in it. Factory settings are heavy on work accidents to begin with, but "meat processing" is about the worst it gets in terms of workplace safety.

Which is why most nations at least aren't barbaric enough to let kids do this work.

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