Alaska Supreme Court June 29, 2012, Nos. S-13227, S-13247 (Jones v. Bowie Industries, Inc.)

OPINION

CARPENETI, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

A worker suffered a traumatic above-the-knee amputation of his right leg in a work-related accident in 2008. The accident happened when he used his foot to push a bale of mulch that he was feeding into a machine; his leg was caught in the machine and amputated.