Fresh Mark Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Jul 6, 2019: Employee amputates finger during startup of package sealing

At approximately 8:30 p.m. on July 6, 2019, an employee was starting up a rapid pack machine. The employee believed a gasket was not properly seated and attempted to reach in and fix it. The bottom die of the sealing mechanism raised to contact the top die, amputating the employee's finger. The employee was hospitalized for these injuries.

Incident on Feb 21, 2019: Employee's left arm is degloved while operating ham skinning

At 2:15 p.m. on February 21, 2019, Employee # 1 was operating a Marel Ham Skinning Machine. His glove and sleeve became caught in the machine. His left arm was pulled into the machine causing de-gloving (avulsion) of the left arm, below the elbow. He was hospitalized. Employee # 1 was not wearing proper personal protective equipment at the time of his injury.

Incident on Nov 7, 2018: Employee fractures leg and incurs contusion when crushed bet

At 2:10 pm on November 7, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a meat packing company, was moving loads to and from a machine with a powered pallet jack. He backed into a guardrail system. His leg was crushed between the pallet jack and the guardrail. Employee #1's leg was fractured and had multiple contusions. He was hospitalized.

Incident on Oct 11, 2018: Employee amputates finger when struck against bandsaw while

At 11:15 p.m. on October 11, 2018, an employee was cutting a piece of pork belly on a band saw when his finger went pass the guard and he amputated it when he struck the saw blade. The employee was hospitalized.

Incident on Jun 28, 2018: Employee's fingers are amputated by bacon-slicing machine

At 8:15 a.m. on June 28, 2018, an employee was observing the operation of a bacon-slicing machine. During its operation, the employee placed his left hand into the machine's moving parts. The machine's die activated, catching the employee's left index and middle fingers. As a result, the employee's index finger was amputated at the first knuckle and the middle finger at its tip.

Incident on Apr 3, 2018: Employee amputates thumb while repairing machine

At 9:00 p.m. on April 3, 2018, an employee was replacing a barrier guard while the Drake Loader Machine was in operation and caught his right thumb in it, amputating his finger. Hospitalization was not required.

Incident on Feb 8, 2018: Employee catches hand and arm in machine's rotating parts an

At 9:45 p.m. on February 8, 2018, an employee was operating a Marel Skinner machine when his glove and coat sleeve were pulled into the rotating parts. The employee degloved his right hand and arm. The employee was hospitalized.

Incident on Dec 16, 2017 (fatal): Employee amputates leg while operating auger and is killed

At 4:45 p.m. on December 16, 2017, an employee was working in the inedible food room while operating an auger. The employee entered the short auger while it was in operation, caught his left leg, and amputated it. The employee was killed onsite.

Incident on Sep 21, 2017: Employee sustains multiple fractures in pallet jack mishap

At 1:30 p.m. on September 21, 2017, Employee #1 was operating a stand-behind a powered industrial pallet jack when a wheel slipped off the surface. The employee overcorrected the turn, pulled back on the controls, and inadvertently increased the reverse speed. The employee fell from the cab area and was pinned between a meat storage vat and the vehicle. Employee #1 sustained a fractured pelvis, fractured ribs, and fractured lower back vertebrae. The employee was hospitalized as a result of his injuries.

Incident on May 9, 2017: Employee amputates fingertip during cleaning of meat process

At 4:30 a.m. on May 9, 2017, an employee was cleaning bacon vacuum lines 5 and 6 at a meat processing facility. After completing cleaning, the employee noticed a piece of meat hanging from the conveyor and reached with his right hand to remove it. However, during removal of the piece of meat, the employee inadvertently pulled out the machine guard. For an unknown reason, the employee's left hand then contacted the conveyor's drive chain and sprocket, resulting in the amputation of his left index finger tip.

Incident on Sep 8, 2011 (fatal): Employee is electricuted by electrical fan

On September 8, 2011, Employee #1, a sanitation crew member at a meat packing plant, had completed cleaning an area of the facility. The employee had hosed down the area and had brought in a large fan that is used to blow water from the walls and ceilings. Without actuating the electrical disconnect or wearing any electrical personal protective equipment such as gloves, Employee #1 took the male fan plug, with a NEMA configured 240 volt plug, and was attempting to plug it into a NEMA configured 480 volt cabled receptacle. The employee was very wet from the cleaning activities and as the employee attempted to force the two mismatched connectors together brought them to his abdomen where he managed to get them engaged enough to receive a 480v shock resulting in an electrical entry burn at the navel and an exit burn on his right gluteus maximus. Employee #2, a sanitation crew member, found employee #1 and actuated the electrical disconnect and called for help. Medical responders pronounced the employee dead at the scene.

Incident on Feb 18, 2009: Employee amputates fingers in machine

On February 18, 2009, an employee was working as a back up operator on a 530 Pep peroni line machine. He had just finished changing the wrapping paper on the mac hine when he noticed that there was a jam at the knife cutting section of the pa ckaging machine. The employee reached up underneath the discharge guard about 30 -in. in an attempt to pull it free from the jammed package, and his fingers came into contact with the cutting blades. The employee removed his hand with two fi ngers crushed and hanging by just the skin. Emergency services arrived on site, and the employee was transported to the hospital, where he stayed and had two fi ngers amputated due to injuries caused by the machines cutting blades.

Incident on Nov 10, 2007 (fatal): Trailer crushes worker

At approximately 6:20 am on November 10, 2007, Employee # 1 and Employee #2 were hooking up their truck-tractors to empty trailers at dock door. Employee #1 was in the truck and was going to pull the truck-tractor and trailer forward so tha t Employee #2 who was at the back of the trailer could look in the trailer to ma ke sure it was empty. Unfortunately, Employee #1 had failed to lock in the fifth wheel kingpin into the hitch. When the truck-tractor and trailer started to mov e forward the trailer kingpin came out of the hitch and the trailer rolled back pinning employee # 2 between the trailer and the dock. Employee # 1 then backed the truck- tractor up to lock the fifth wheel kingpin into the hitch and was abl e to pull the trailer away from the dock and unpin Employee # 2. Employee #2 was pronounced dead at the scene.