The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. for 23 serious violations of OSHA's process safety management and fall protection standards at its Milwaukee ground beef production facility.
Cal-OSHA has charged a Hanford meat-packing plant with serious safety violations in the death of a worker earlier this year, The Hanford (Calif.) Sentinel learned this week.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited manufacturer Fremont Beef Co. in Fremont, Neb., following a safety inspection at the facility, which was initiated in February in response to a report of an amputation of a finger. Citations cover one serious, one repeat and one other-than-serious violation.
A worker on the cleaning crew at K&K Gourmet Meats in Leetsdale, Pa., had his foot caught in a shut-down grinder for eight hours before being freed. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the grinder had been turned off for cleaning when Nicholas Mangino, 26, slipped and got his foot wedged in the machine.