Articles Tagged with ''worker safety''

Awards champion continuous industry improvements for more than 200 meat and poultry facilities.

Under the new policy, FSIS extends waivers allowing pork and poultry facilities to maintain higher line speeds.

Eligible facilities include poultry processing plants, further processing facilities, egg processing plants, hatcheries, feed mills, animal support services and rendering facilities.

Consequences range from poor work performance to serious, long-lasting health implications and even death.

FSIS releases reports by third-party worker safety experts on swine and poultry evisceration line speed studies.

Dean Sausage Co. fails to correct worker safety hazards identified in previous OSHA inspections.

Officials find carbon monoxide readings showing at 800 parts per million.

Incidence of occupational injuries and illnesses within the sector’s workforce falls below all general industry, manufacturing and food manufacturing levels.

OSHA finds Wholestone Farms Cooperative exposed employees to ergonomic stressors likely to cause musculoskeletal disorders and injuries when working in the palletizing area.

North Carolina Department of Labor honors Wayne-Sanderson Farms for safe operations.