Omaha Beef Processing Plant Faces $274K in Fines Following Worker’s Amputation January 12, 2024 A federal investigation into how an employee suffered a serious hand injury at an Omaha, Nebraska beef processing plant in...
Arkansas Tyson Workers Sue Over Lack of COVID Precautions March 10, 2023 By Dee-Ann Durbin Thirty-four Tyson Foods employees, former employees and family members filed a lawsuit against the company Monday, saying it failed to...
Oklahoma Pork Processor Moves to Delay Court Ruling on Slaughter Speeds May 5, 2021 By Tom Polansek U.S. pork processor Seaboard Foods wants to pursue a 10-1/2-month delay to a federal court decision that would force it...
Meat Plant Workers Being Denied Workers’ Compensation for COVID-19: Reuters September 29, 2020 By Tom Hals and Tom Polansek Saul Sanchez died in April, one of six workers with fatal COVID-19 infections at meatpacker JBS USA’s slaughterhouse in Greeley,...
U.S. Issues New Coronavirus Safety Guidance for Meat, Poultry Plants April 27, 2020 By Jan Wolfe The U.S. Labor Department issued new guidelines on Sunday for U.S. meatpacking and meat-processing plants that have seen a rash...
Meat Plant Closures, Absenteeism Rise With Workers’ Fear of Coronavirus, Lack of Safety April 15, 2020 By Tom Polansek and Rod Nickel CHICAGO/WINNIPEG, Manitoba — At a Wayne Farms chicken processing plant in Alabama, workers recently had to pay the company 10...
Homes Evacuated, 7 Workers Treated After Chemical Interaction at North Carolina Plant August 31, 2016 Authorities in North Carolina say seven workers were treated at a hospital for minor injuries and several nearby homes were...