OSHA recently issued new guidelines to improve safety inspections, specifically in animal slaughtering and processing facilities. Previously, the guidance in question applied only to poultry ...

On October 15, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor released expanded guidance for OSHA inspections of employers in the animal slaughtering and processing industry. This guidance supersedes previous ...

The latest guidance compels OSHA performing inspections at covered establishments (North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 3116, including Codes 311611, 311612, 311613, and 311615) ...

While critics call the citations too small, companies including Smithfield and JBS denounced the fines, saying they followed recommendations for the pandemic once they were available. But former ...

Former Occupational Safety and Health Administration officials and labor experts lambasted the agency for issuing minimal citations at food processing facilities, which have been hit particularly hard ...

OSHA has proposed $103,245 in penalties against Dean Sausage Company Inc. following a July 2024 inspection at its Atalla, Alabama, facility. The agency found the company failed to address safety ...

Workers in meatpacking and poultry processing plants in Michigan now have more guidelines and standards in place to help keep them safe. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday signed an executive order ...