03/15/21
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Lakewood, NJ (WorkersCompensation.com) - Despite two severe amputation injuries in 2018 and 2020 on the same machine at a Lakewood ice cream manufacturing plant, a recent federal safety and health inspection found the company continues to ignore protocols designed to prevent other workers from suffering similar injuries.
A maintenance mechanic lost two fingers while repairing an ice cream wrapper machine. Following a September 2020 investigation, OSHA found that Fieldbrook Foods Corp. willfully failed to shut down and isolate energy to the machine during repair work. The U.S. Department of Labor s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed $237,176 in penalties.
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N.J. ice cream maker faces $237K in fines after 2 workers lose fingers in same machine
Updated Mar 16, 2021;
An ice cream maker in Ocean County faces more than $237,000 in fines after federal officials say employees suffered amputation injuries twice in two years while working on the same machine.
Fieldbrook Foods Corporation in Lakewood, which employs about 200 people, “violated safety standards for preventing accidental machine startup,” the Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Monday.
A maintenance mechanic lost two fingers while repairing the machine in September 2020. A sanitation worker lost one finger and fractured another when his fingers got caught as he tried fix the same jammed machine in 2018, OSHA said.