Items Tagged with 'U.S. Department of Labor'

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

DOL finds second sanitation contractor at a Seaboard Triumph Foods facility employed children to perform dangerous work at its pork processing plant.

Expanded guidance supersedes previous guidance that applied only to poultry establishments.

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

Mar-Jac Poultry withdraws contest of citations.

Judgment orders a City of Industry meat processor and Downey staffing agency to surrender $327,484 in illegal profits.

Sandusky, Ohio, pork processing facility exposes workers to a release of ammonia gas, leading to two inspections and 43 citations from the US Department of Labor.

The U.S. Department of Labor recovers $230,000 for 545 workers at a Hastings meat processing plant who were denied compensation for pre- and post-shift work.

Investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor and the Illinois Office of the Attorney General recovers back wages, damages and interest for workers denied overtime owed under federal and state regulations.

OSHA assesses Zwanenberg Food Group USA with $242,000 in proposed penalties.