Twinkies-maker Hostess fined over preventable amputation of worker's fingertip

By Ismail Shakil and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Labor Department on Friday slapped a $298,000 penalty on Hostess Brands, alleging that safety and training failures at the bakery firm led to a worker in Chicago losing a fingertip in December. The department said its investigation found that the Hostess could have prevented the amputation injury a 29-year-old worker suffered

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