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  • Smithfield says OSHA citation “without merit”, plans to contest it


    By Dakota News Now staff
    Published: Sep. 10, 2020 at 12:28 PM CDT|Updated: 9 hours ago

    SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - Smithfield says OSHA’s citation that it failed to protect its employees from COVID-19 is “without merit” and plans to contest it as a union representing thousands of meatpacking plant workers called the citation “a slap on the wrist.”

    On Thursday, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Smithfield in Sioux Falls for failing to protect its employees from exposure to COVID-19 and proposed a $13,494 fine.

    1,294 Smithfield employees contracted COVID-19 in spring 2020, leading to the deaths of four employees.

    Smithfield says OSHA’s citation that it failed to protect its employees from COVID-19 is “without merit” and plans to contest it as a union representing thousands of meatpacking plant workers called the citation “a slap on the wrist.”




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