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Lakewood Ice Cream Maker Fined $237K By Feds After 2nd Worker Loses Fingers Lakewood Ice Cream Maker Fined $237K By Feds After 2nd Worker Loses Fingers
Lakewood Ice Cream Maker Fined $237K By Feds After 2nd Worker Loses Fingers An ice cream manufacturer has been fined, again, after a worker lost his fingers in a Lakewood company machine, authorities said. The mechanic apparently was repairing an ice cream wrapper when he was seriously injured.  The mishap last September at Fieldbrook Foods' plant marked the second time since 2018 that a Lakewood worker lost fingers in the same machine, federal OSHA officials said on Monday. “Fieldbrook Foods knew that machines must be completely disabled before workers perform service and maintenance," Paula Dixon-Roderick, area director of OSHA's Marlton office, said. "Inst…

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