It was probably some Mexican in some bean curing plant in Guadalajara making $.14/hr. Dude loses a thumb in some cutting device and probably got fired because he's useless to them with only 9 fingers. If it was some American, he'd have called every news station going "Dude, where's my thumb?" and would have got a guest spot on Letterman and make millions selling giant plastic thumb-shaped chili bowls at ballparks.