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Patients Get Bionics After Hand Amputations

Seventeen years after losing the use of his hand in a motorcycle crash, Marcus Kemeter volunteered to have it amputated and replaced with a bionic version. “It wasn’t hard for me to decide to do the operation,” said Kemeter, 35, …

Washington Bottle Company Cited After Worker’s Hand Amputated

The Washington Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) has fined a Battle Ground plastic bottle manufacturer $86,800 for major safety violations after a worker’s hand was caught in machinery and had to be amputated. Andersen Plastics was cited for one …