OSHA has inspected Belmark Inc. 10 times in Wisconsin since 1984.
The latest one began on Jan 23, 2025 after a complaint, in De Pere.
Those inspections ended with 34 citation items: 20 serious, 1 repeat and 13 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $184,945 and now stand at $121,302, 34% lower after settlements or reviews.
Machine guarding comes up most often in these citations: 6 items under 1910.212.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Belmark Inc. averages $16,765 (7 cited inspections).
Belmark Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 4 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Inspection 345171912 OPENED MAR 2, 2021Closed
Referral · Partial · Safety · 900 employees at the site · Closed Mar 3, 2022
600 Heritage Road, De Pere, WI 54115 · Packaging and Labeling Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Feb 20, 2021: Employee?s finger is amputated by in-running nip point of ro
At 2:30 a.m. on February 20, 2021, a 30-year-old employee was operating Laminator #39 in the Lamination Department. While setting up the machine, the employee noticed a flag on the impression roller, which was used to mark defects in the web. The employee reached past the existing guarding to remove the flag, causing his right ring finger to be pulled into the in-running nip point created by two rotating rollers. The employee suffered an amputation to the tip of the finger. The employee was treated and released from the facility without hospitalization.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 |
Repeat | $75,092 | $45,000 | Jul 29, 2021 | Final |
Incident on Jul 10, 2019: Employee amputates thumb when pinched in unguarded rollers
At 11:15 a.m. on July 10, 2019, an employee was setting up a DCM ATN Lamina Combi Coater, which adds varnish to a plastic film webbing to create a dual finish on the film for flexible packaging applications. At the in-wind portion of the coater, the employee loaded a roll of film into the carriage, webbed it through the varnish deck, dried it and then it fed into the re-winder. The varnish deck consisted of an impression plate, the annilox plate and annilox chamber (varnish). The plates were rollers that rotated to transfer the varnish from the annilox chamber onto the film webbing. The employee was in the process of adjusting the varnish plate to ensure it was aligned with the film webbing, also known as setting the registration. There was no guard over the varnish deck. The employee's right thumb was pulled into the nip point created by the impression and annilox plates. The employee suffered an amputation to the thumb at the first joint and was treated without hospitalization.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1a |
Serious | $13,260 | $13,260 | Sep 18, 2019 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 1b |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Sep 18, 2019 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 1c |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Sep 18, 2019 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 1d |
Serious | $13,260 | $0 | Sep 18, 2019 | Final |
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the De Pere site logged 18 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 1,232 workers: 1.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.0 for its industry. Those cases cost 64 days away from work.
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 4 reports on file.
Nov 6, 2024, De Pere: Amputation · amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified · finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
An employee was operating a laminator and opened an interlocked guard to fix a crease in a web that was running. The employee's right little fingertip contacted a pinch point between the web and the roller and was amputated.
Feb 20, 2021, De Pere: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee was setting up a lamination line when they attempted to clear a flag that was on the impression roll. The employee's finger contacted the impression roll, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
Jul 10, 2019, De Pere: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee was changing a coating machine for a print run when two of its rolls moved together, pinching the employee's thumb. The thumb tip was medically amputated.
Nov 1, 2016, De Pere: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
An employee's left index finger was amputated between the first and second knuckle by the cutting head on the DCM sleeve cut machine.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
