Ohio salad arrives with piece of a thumb

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Ohio salad arrives with piece of a thumb

March 5, 2004 | CANTON, Ohio (AP) -- The severed tip of a restaurant worker's thumb was found in a customer's salad.

Stark County Health Commissioner Bill Franks said an employee at Red Robin Gourmet Burgers in the Canton suburb Jackson Township was chopping lettuce at about 7 p.m. Monday when he cut off a part of his left thumb, including part of the fingernail.

Employees at the restaurant about 70 miles south of Cleveland searched for the tip of his finger, but could not find it. The area was cleaned and sanitized, but the lettuce was placed in the cooler. The lettuce was then used for salads the next day.

"It wound up being served at lunch time Tuesday to a 22-year-old woman,'' Franks said.

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Ohio salad arrives with piece of a thumb

[Whitacre D_WI]

1. Yeah, that's how we make 'em back home.