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Workers Walk Out After Fourth Death At Smithfield Meat Plant (plantbasednews.org)
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Following an anonymous complaint in February, OSHA inspected the plant and fined Smithfield Foods $9,931.60 after observing workers’ exposure to “amputation hazards.” This was preceded by serious citations in 2021, 2023, and 2025.

Working in a slaughterhouse is extremely dangerous. In the US, there are approximately two amputations per week, primarily due to the industry’s poor working conditions and excessively fast pace.

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As reported by KWQC, the leaders also acknowledged “community concerns” over a backlog of rendering material – animal waste, internal organs, and decaying meat – being stored outside the plant, causing a strong, unpleasant smell in the city.

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[-] cloudshouter@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago

Hang on, is this why there is another meat recall? Are we about to get The Jungle 2?

$9,931.60 fine. I guess rounding it up the $68.40 would have been too excessive.
I worked at a place where we got chewed because someone leaned a pallet up against the wall and apparently that’s a $5k fine if osha sees it. Had us all thinking that was silly but really the place was pulling in $2m a day and they really cared more about business image than us. We probably blew $5k just receiving and storing all the owners African hunting trophies.

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