Three People Treated For Chemical Exposure In Southwest Wisconsin
August 1, 2018
Dubuque & Tri-State News
Three workers at a cheese factory in Darlington were treated at a local hospital after being exposed to a chemical at the plant.
The incident happened at around 7:15 this morning at Wisconsin Whey Protein located in the 100 block of Christensen Drive.
The employees were exposed after two cleaning solutions were inadvertently mixed and inhaled by the workers.
They were taken to Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County where they were decontaminated.
Members of the Darlington Fire Department assisted with the decontamination.
About Us
Wisconsin Whey Protein is a manufacturer of highly purified, regular, and instantized, Whey Protein Concentrate powder (WPC-80) and Whey Protein Isolate (WPI-90). Our products are designed to meet the requirements of numerous value-added food applications and is sold both domestically and exported.We are an affiliate of Stainless Technologies LLC, and are headquartered in Wisconsin. Our facilities are located in Turtle Lake and Darlington, WI and were greenfield projects built in the past few years to specifically produce our products. The building projects were managed as turn-key operations by Stainless Technologies.
A proprietary membrane process, designed, engineered, and fabricated by Stainless Technologies, is used to convert Whey to Whey Protein Concentrate. In Darlington, we are also constructing integrated lactose and cheese plants to add to our high quality product offerings.