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An ice cream manufacturer in New Jersey is facing more than $237,000 in fines after two of its workers suffered separate severe amputation injuries while trying to fix the same ice-cream wrapping machine.
The Fieldbrook Foods Corp. in Lakewood has been cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for willfully failing to shut down the machine prior to maintenance, resulting in a mechanic losing two fingers during a 2020 incident. The same machine injured a sanitation worker in 2018, when his fingers became caught in the jammed equipment. As a result, he lost one finger and fractured another, OSHA confirmed.
Jan 12, 2021
National Grid announced Monday it is providing a $750,000 economic development grant to support a major expansion at Wells Enterprises Inc.’s Dunkirk manufacturing facility.
Wells is the largest privately held, family-owned ice cream manufacturer in the U.S., and the country’s second-largest ice cream manufacturer. As part of its growth strategy, the company in 2019 acquired Dunkirk-based Fieldbrook Foods Corp., which dates to 1914 when it was known as Dunkirk Ice Cream.
“We’re excited to partner with National Grid as we work to expand our Dunkirk manufacturing facility. We know they understand the importance of investing in the local community by providing economic development grants,” said David Fiore, director of plant operations in Dunkirk. “We look forward to continue growing our manufacturing footprint and provide even more job opportunities in our local community.”