{"id":21372,"date":"2024-02-09T17:04:05","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T17:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/?p=760197"},"modified":"2024-02-09T17:04:05","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T17:04:05","slug":"chicken-processing-plant-fined-393k-for-endangering-ohio-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2024\/02\/09\/chicken-processing-plant-fined-393k-for-endangering-ohio-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicken Processing Plant Fined $393K for Endangering Ohio Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"nav nav-tabs tabs tabs-entry\">\n<li class=\"active\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/news\/midwest\/2024\/02\/09\/760197.htm\">Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/news\/midwest\/2024\/02\/09\/760197.htm?comments\" rel=\"nofollow\">0 Comments<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"article-content clearfix\">\n<p>A chicken processing plant \u2013 with a long history of violations \u2012 continues to ignore federal safety regulations and expose workers to multiple hazards while they process chickens for commercial sale, federal inspectors found.<\/p>\n<p>Inspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor\u2019s Occupational Safety and Health Administration opened a follow-up inspection under the agency\u2019s Severe Violator Enforcement Program at Case Farms Processing Inc. in Winesburg, Ohio on Aug. 7, 2023. OSHA found machine guarding and OSHA found machine guarding and trip-and-fall hazards in the facility\u2019s live hang department that were substantially similar to violations cited in a previous case.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bzn bzn-sized bzn-intext\">\n<ins data-revive-zoneid=\"79\" data-revive-block=\"1\" data-revive-id=\"36eb7c2bd3daa932a43cc2a8ffbed3a9\"><\/ins> <\/div>\n<p>OSHA cited the company for three repeat, seven serious and four other-than-serious violations for not using required lockout\/tagout procedures, not training workers in such procedures, a lack of machine guarding to protect workers from contact with operating machine parts and exposing workers to fall and electrical hazards. The processing plant faces $393,449 in proposed OSHA penalties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCase Farms Processing continues to ignore federal safety regulations to protect workers on the job. Returning to a facility to find similar violations identified in previous inspections demonstrates a callous disregard for the safety of workers,\u201d said OSHA Area Director Larry Johnson in Columbus, Ohio. \u201cCase Farms exposes its Winesburg workforce \u2013 mostly workers with limited English proficiency \u2013 to life altering injuries. The company must come into compliance immediately with the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since 1988, OSHA has cited Case Farms 70 times at its facilities in North Carolina and Ohio, resulting in about 450 violations issued. Most of those violations related to machine guarding, lockout\/tagout procedures, fall and electrical hazards and processing safety management.<\/p>\n<p>Case Farms is headquartered in Troutman, North Carolina, and employees 3,500 workers nationwide and 576 employees at this Winesburg, Ohio facility that process about approximately 140,000 chickens daily.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: OSHA<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"tagtag\"> <span class=\"tagtag\">Topics<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/location\/ohio\/\" class=\"btn btn-sm btn-primary tagtag\">Ohio<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-poll\" data-post=\"760197\">\n<div class=\"article-poll-vote\">\n<p>Was this article valuable?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-poll-feedback voted-no\">\n<form class=\"feedback-form\">\n<p>Thank you! 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