Articles Tagged with ''OSHA''

OSHA proposed a penalty of $13,494 after 1,294 Smithfield workers contracted Coronavirus and four employees died at South Dakota plant.

Alliance will provide Meat Institute members, the public, and other stakeholders with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help protect workers.

Safe + Sound Week is scheduled for August 10 – 16.

Pork processor asks courts to intervene in federal investigation.

Associates at Perdue Foods’ production facility in Schulenburg, Texas, completed more than one year without an OSHA recordable incident.

On April 28, 2020, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order directing the Secretary of Agriculture to make use of the Defense Production Act (DPA) to assist meat and poultry companies in continuing to remain in operation or returning to operation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Applying specific disease management & prevention measures can help reduce the risk of transmitting the virus among workers on farms, ranches, and other production worksites.

OSHA has issued an alert listing steps employers can follow to implement social distancing in the workplace.

The document provides guidance for meat and poultry processing workers and employers—including those involved in beef, pork, and poultry operations.