JASPER, ALABAMA—
Houchens Food Group Inc.
Struck by running powered equipment n.e.c. · Amputations involving bone loss
Final narrative
An employee was processing a pork loin when a larger slab of meat fell off the cutting surface. While the employee went to catch it, the sawblade amputated the employee's left little finger.
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