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Firm That Employed Children to Clean Meat Plants Keeps Losing Work

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – The slaughterhouse cleaning company that was found to be employing more than 100 children to help sanitize dangerous razor-sharp cutting equipment like bone saws has continued to lose contracts with the major meat producers since the …

Midwest Meat Plant Cleaning Service Fined $1.5M for Hiring Minors

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – One of the country’s largest cleaning services for food processing companies employed more than 100 children in dangerous jobs at 13 meatpacking plants across the country, the U.S. Department of Labor said Friday as it announced over …

Companies Appealing Fines Following Georgia Nitrogen Leak That Killed Six

Three of four companies are appealing federal workplace safety fines following a January liquid nitrogen leak that killed six workers at a Georgia poultry processing plant. The U.S. Department of Labor says plant owner Foundation Food Group is contesting citations …

Officials Propose $1M Fine for Georgia Nitrogen Leak That Killed 6

Federal workplace safety officials are proposing nearly $1 million in fines against four companies following a liquid nitrogen leak in January that killed six workers at a northeast Georgia poultry processing plant. U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh announced the citations …

Texas Food Processing Companies Fined $134K for Alleged Safety Violations

Two Fort Worth, Texas-based companies have been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for multiple serious safety and health violations. Penalties total $134,000 collectively. Five Star Custom Foods Ltd. was cited for 25 serious …