CANTON, OH -
A man died Saturday evening after getting caught in a machine at the Fresh Mark meat-processing plant.
Dr. Anthony Bertin, Stark County Coroner, pronounced Samuel Martinez, 62, of Canton, dead at the scene.
Martinez was a Guatemalan national.
The Canton Fire Department was called to the Fresh Mark plant at 1600 Harmont Ave. NE at 4:46 p.m.
Rick Walters, an investigator for the Coroner’s Office, said Martinez stepped into a chute and got caught in a waste auger. An autopsy was scheduled for Sunday morning.
Fresh Mark provided a statement Saturday night: “This afternoon just before 5 p.m., we experienced a work-related fatality at our Canton facility. Our primary concern rests with the well-being of this employee’s family, as well as with the safety and well-being of all our employees in the Canton and other Fresh Mark facilities. We are working with authorities to determine the facts regarding this incident.”
This is at least the second worker to die at the company’s Canton plant.
In 2011, a worker at Fresh Mark’s Canton plant was electrocuted when he tried to plug in a fan while standing in water, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
According to a company spokesperson in 2011, it was the first work-related death at the plant since it opened in 1976.
Fresh Mark sells ham, bacon, lunch meat, pepperoni and hot dogs under the Superior’s and Sugardale brands.
Hispanics die at much higher rate than the labor participation rate. The companies take advantage of their immigration status, they provide very little if any training, safety, etc. And these poor bastards turn into sausages, like this fellow, Samuel Martinez. And then we have these m..f..ing Republicans blaming the poor immigrants for the issues in our society.
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CANTON, Ohio - Canton police have confirmed to Fox 8 that an employee at the Fresh Mark plant was killed Saturday in what they are terming an "industrial accident."
Sergeant T. Robers of the Canton police department says that the call came in at 5:07 p.m. to the facility on Harmont Avenue. A male employee died in the accident.
No further information was available right away, as detectives and the county coroner were still on the scene.
According to its website, Fresh Mark, Inc., has been producing American-made bacon, ham, hot dogs and deli meats for nearly 100 years. It serves grocery stores, restaurants, and food service companies in the United States and internationally. The company was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Massillon.
This is a developing story. Fox 8 will have more details as they become available.
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Ohio Meat Processing Worker Killed After Becoming “Caught In Machine”
December 17, 2017
Samuel Martinez, a worker at Fresh Mark meat processing plant in northeast Ohio, has been killed after becoming caught in a machine, say authorities.
Martinez, 62, of Canton, was killed Saturday afternoon at the plant located in Canton. The Stark County Coroner’s Office has identified the worker as a “Guatemalan national.” He was pronounced dead at the scene.
A coroner’s investigator says Martinez stepped into a chute and got caught in a waste auger. Fresh Mark said in a statement Saturday that company officials are working with authorities to determine what happened.
A worker died at the same plant in 2011 after being electrocuted as he try and plug in a fan while standing in water.
A worker at the plant was electrocuted in 2011 when he tried to plug in a fan while standing in water.
Fresh Mark sells ham, bacon, hot dogs and lunch meat under the Superior’s and Sugardale brands.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends at this difficult time.