New Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) guidance goes beyond poultry barns to cover all animal slaughtering and processing facilities. Previous OSHA guidance only applied to poultry ...

On October 16, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced expanded guidance for animal slaughtering and processing industry inspections (NAICS 3116). Notably, this new ...

The GAO is recommending that OSHA assess actions, such as an industry standard, to protect meat and poultry workers from infectious diseases. The GAO also recommended that OSHA improve collaboration ...

In their guidelines for the meatpacking industry, OSHA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have recommended a variety of measures, including providing masks to employees, spacing out ...

Four JBS Foods USA subsidiaries and affiliates have agreed to work with third-party experts to develop and implement an infectious disease preparedness plan for seven of the company's meat processing ...

OSHA has once again found Case Farms Processing Inc.—a chicken processing facility in Winesburg, Ohio—in violation of federal safety standards. Under OSHA's Severe Violator Enforcement Program, the ...

GREEN TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Months after a 29-year-old employee suffered critical injuries following a fall into an industrial blender, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Several meat processing plants in different states, including two in Nebraska, are affected by a recent settlement with OSHA regarding infectious disease protocols. According to ...