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Judge Upholds OSHA Citations Against NY-Based Chicken Processor

By News Desk on October 17, 2014

A judge has upheld citations for a NY-based chicken processor found to be violating rules related to chemical and mechanical hazards for workers. The citations were issued by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety…
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68 Members of Congress Ask Vilsack to Withdraw Poultry Inspection Rule

By Lydia Zuraw on March 18, 2014

A bipartisan group of 68 members of Congress wrote to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Monday, asking him to suspend action on the proposed Modernization of Poultry Slaughter Inspection rule, which…
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Oregon Worker Dies After Falling Into Meat Grinder

By News Desk on May 1, 2013

An Oregon man contracted to clean a meat processing plant died last week when he fell into a machine at the facility. Hugo Avalos-Chanon, age 41, of Southeast Portland died late Friday night after becoming…
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Study Highlights Campylobacter Risk Factors for Poultry Plant Workers

By Gretchen Goetz on January 9, 2013

A new analysis of Campylobacter infections among workers at a Virginia poultry plant offers hints about which employees more likely to fall ill from the bacteria. Government researchers examined health data for plant employees from…
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OSHA Fines American Seafoods $279,000

By Dan Flynn on July 19, 2010

American Seafoods International LLC, based in New Bedford, MA has 15 days to pay or appeal fines totaling $279,000 imposed by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

OSHA is fining

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Meat Packer Employee Falls Into Grinder

By Alexa Nameth on June 24, 2010

Last Saturday morning a worker’s legs were severed at the Vernon, California-based Jobbers Meat Packing Corporation in an accident.

He was taken to the hospital in critical condition and as of Tuesday the worker

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OSHA Fines Birdsong Over Worker Death

By Dan Flynn on January 9, 2010

Howard Thompson was a cold storage worker at Birdsong Peanuts in Blakely, GA last Sept. 28 when he was caught in a conveyor belt, injured critically, and died the same night.

Thompson, 23, was taken

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