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On January 9, 1992, United States Secretary of Labor Lynn Martin set a deadline of 90 days for North Carolina state officials to improve enforcement of job safety and health regulations, or federal agencies would take over. [126] The North Carolina General Assembly passed 14 new worker safety laws as a result, including whistleblower protections.
Mountaire Farms facility in Siler City, North Carolina. In 1977, Mountaire Farms expanded operations to Delaware when it purchased H&H Poultry in Selbyville. [5] The company acquired Piedmont Poultry in Lumber Bridge, North Carolina in 1996. In 2000, Mountaire Farms purchased operations from Townsends, including Central Grain Facilities, in ...
In a study done in North Carolina that focused on twenty one Latino chicken catchers for a poultry-processing plant, the work place was found to be forcefully high intensity labor with high potential for injury and illness including trauma, respiratory illness, drug use and musculoskeletal injuries.
Meat and poultry processing facilities are checked by federal inspectors at least once during every shift that a plant is in operation, according to a Food Safety and Inspection Service spokesperson.
The largest pork processing plant in the world is the Smithfield facility in Tar Heel, North Carolina. The plant employs 4,500 workers. [117] On May 1, 2020, local health officials announced that 53 of the workers at the plant has tested positive for coronavirus. [118] By May 7, that number had grown to 76 workers infected. [117]
Wayne Farms LLC is an American producer and processor of poultry based in Oakwood, Georgia.. As a subsidiary of ContiGroup, Wayne Farms operates hatcheries, feed mills, finishing farms, and processing facilities to supply poultry to retail and foodservice customers worldwide.
Federal investigators found nearly a dozen children to be working dangerous, overnight shifts at Seaboard Triumph Foods' pork processing plant in Sioux City, Iowa, the Department of Labor announced.
The US Labor Department requested a temporary injunction against Fayette Janitorial Services for allegedly employing children to work overnight shifts in slaughterhouses.