Posted on Feb 18, 2023
Company that put children to work in meatpacking plants in Kansas and Nebraska pays maximum fine
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Packers Sanitation Services, based in Wisconsin, paid $1.5 million to the U.S. Department of Labor after an investigation found it employed children in dangerous jobs in eight different states.
A Wisconsin-based company that provides workers to clean food processing plants paid a $1.5 million fine for illegally putting 102 children to work in dangerous jobs at meatpacking facilities, including those in Kansas and Nebraska.
Packers Sanitation Services paid the maximum civil penalty allowed under the Fair Labor Standards Act to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) after an investigation found children working overnight shifts at 13 meatpacking plants in eight different states.
The jobs involved cleaning devices like back saws and head splitters with caustic chemicals that could cause burns. At least three teenagers suffered injuries.
A Wisconsin-based company that provides workers to clean food processing plants paid a $1.5 million fine for illegally putting 102 children to work in dangerous jobs at meatpacking facilities, including those in Kansas and Nebraska.
Packers Sanitation Services paid the maximum civil penalty allowed under the Fair Labor Standards Act to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) after an investigation found children working overnight shifts at 13 meatpacking plants in eight different states.
The jobs involved cleaning devices like back saws and head splitters with caustic chemicals that could cause burns. At least three teenagers suffered injuries.
Company that put children to work in meatpacking plants in Kansas and Nebraska pays maximum fine
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U.S. Department of LaborState of WisconsinState of KansasState of Nebraska
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After three teens suffered injuries why were they fined the minimum? Once workers have been injured there should be increased penalties unless the workers were at fault (Playing Grab A$$, etc.)
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."The DOL investigation started in August after the agency received a referral from local law enforcement in Nebraska about possible child labor violations at the Grand Island plant. Investigators talked to employees at a middle school and high school in Grand Island who reported students showing up for class tired after working overnight shifts for JBS Foods.
In November, the DOL obtained a temporary restraining order against Packers Sanitation, prohibiting the company from committing child labor violations.
A federal judge in Nebraska entered a consent order in December requiring Packers Sanitation to comply with child labor laws at all its locations and employ an outside compliance specialist."
..."The DOL investigation started in August after the agency received a referral from local law enforcement in Nebraska about possible child labor violations at the Grand Island plant. Investigators talked to employees at a middle school and high school in Grand Island who reported students showing up for class tired after working overnight shifts for JBS Foods.
In November, the DOL obtained a temporary restraining order against Packers Sanitation, prohibiting the company from committing child labor violations.
A federal judge in Nebraska entered a consent order in December requiring Packers Sanitation to comply with child labor laws at all its locations and employ an outside compliance specialist."
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