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Palermo's Employee Dies in Accident at New West Milwaukee Plant
Robert Cherone, 45, died in a workplace accident involving a robotic machine at Palermo's Pizza, highlighting the ongoing need for improved industrial safety measures, officials said.
- Palermo's Pizza confirmed Wednesday that an employee died after being crushed by a robotic machine at its West Milwaukee manufacturing facility, with police responding shortly after 6:30 a.m.
- The West Milwaukee site is a 200,000-square-foot plant that replaced the Froedtert Malt Corp. complex, Palermo's expanded operations when it opened earlier this year.
- The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner identified the victim as 45-year-old Robert Cherone of Elkhorn, who was crushed by a robotic machine at 3900 West Lincoln Avenue and pronounced dead at the scene despite life-saving efforts.
- Palermo's spokesperson Rebecca Schimke said the company is cooperating with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office, sent factory employees home, and is offering counseling and support to staff and the victim's family.
- Stephanie Bloomingdale urged stronger safety measures, saying, `While employees at the Palermo facility are not currently organized in a union, we nonetheless share the pain of a fellow worker losing their life on the job` amid 112 Wisconsin workplace deaths in 2023.
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Fox NewsWisconsin pizza factory worker crushed to death by robotic machine in horrific industrial accident
The victim, identified as 45-year-old Robert Cherone of Elkhorn, was working at Palermo’s Pizza’s facility around 6:30 a.m. Wednesday when the fatal accident occurred, per reports.
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An employee at a Milwaukee pizza plant met a tragic end after being crushed to death by a machine. Police were called to the pizza plant at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Palermo’s facility at 38th and Lincoln. There was a report of an incident involving an employee and a pizza-making robot. On arrival, they found that Robert Chereone, 45, had been crushed by a robotic machine. When emergency services arrived, the pizza employee was declared dead on…
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