Articles Tagged with ''OSHA''

Pork processor asks courts to intervene in federal investigation.

Associates at Perdue Foods’ production facility in Schulenburg, Texas, completed more than one year without an OSHA recordable incident.

On April 28, 2020, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order directing the Secretary of Agriculture to make use of the Defense Production Act (DPA) to assist meat and poultry companies in continuing to remain in operation or returning to operation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Applying specific disease management & prevention measures can help reduce the risk of transmitting the virus among workers on farms, ranches, and other production worksites.

OSHA has issued an alert listing steps employers can follow to implement social distancing in the workplace.

The document provides guidance for meat and poultry processing workers and employers—including those involved in beef, pork, and poultry operations.

Plan now to improve machine safety and reduce risk in 2020.

Meat industry incident rates improved from both 2017 and 2016 levels.

An employee at Economy Storage Locker Co. was killed in April 2019.

Associates at Perdue’s cook operation in Monterey, Tenn., have worked two million consecutive production hours without experiencing an OSHA recordable lost-time case.