(Bloomberg) — JBS Foods was fined $58,709 by the Department of Labor’s Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) for eight serious violations related to the death of an employee who was installing a wheel. paddles, March 27, according to a press release.
OSHA investigators found that JBS failed to adequately protect a paddle wheel which was being installed to stir chemicals used in the processing of animal skins. The fatality was one of several other incidents that occurred at the same facility, including the time a JBS employee had his arm amputated after being pulled by a treadmill.
JBS has 15 business days – counted from receipt of the penalty – to comply, request an informal conference with the OSHA director responsible for the area, or challenge the findings before the independent Occupational Health and Safety Review Committee.
JBS Foods is a wholly owned subsidiary of JBS SA based in Brazil, the world’s largest processor of fresh beef and pork, with more than $50 billion in annual sales. Its products are sold under more than 40 brands in the United States.
The company is the world leader in the production of beef, poultry and pork, with operations in the United States, Australia and Canada.
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