Saturday January 15, 2011
14-year-old boy loses fingers in meat grinder
KOTA KINABALU: A 14-year-old boy lost his fingers in a meat grinder accident at a popular coffee shop here. The boy known as Azmin lost two fingers in the mishap at 8.25pm, after his hand got sucked into the grinder.
“Firemen were called in to help but they could not remove the hand. He was taken to the hospital in an ambulance with a part of the grinder,” said a witness at the scene of the incident in Gaya Street on Thursday.
Freak accident: Azmin being taken to the hospital after losing his fingers in the meat grinder.
The boy was supposed to use chopsticks to push meat into the grinder but instead used his hand which was sucked in by the machine.
Meanwhile, a Department Of Occupational Safety and Health spokesman said yesterday two investigators were sent to check safety arrangements at the coffee shop.
Labour officials are investigating why the shop employed a child.
