The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited JBS Foods Inc. in Greeley, Colorado, for failing to protect employees from exposure to the coronavirus. OSHA proposed $15,615 in penalties. The fine was the maximum amount allowed by law.
According to The Denver Post, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, there have been 290 confirmed employee cases to date, 3 probable cases and the six reported deaths of plant employees. JBS contends that the plant has recorded 14 new cases in the last 3-1/2 months and none within the last seven weeks.