A 16-year-old employee at a poultry processor was killed after being pulled into a chicken deboning machine. The proposed fine for the Mississippi plant: $212,000

Tue, 01/16/2024 - 22:15

Chicken in a processing line — A photo of a chicken processing line. A Mississippi poultry processor is facing more than $200,000 in fines after two employees were killed at the facility in a little more than two years.
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A Mississippi poultry plant is facing more than $200,000 in fines after a teen worker was killed.
The 16-year-old contract worker was pulled into a chicken deboning machine while cleaning it last year.
About two years earlier, an adult employee was killed while working at the same facility.

A Mississippi poultry processing plant is facing more than $200,000 in fines from the US Department of Labor after a 16-year-old contract employee was killed after being pulled into a chicken deboning machine.