‘This should not have happened,’ lawyer says of 16-year-old’s death at poultry plant
‘This should not have happened,’ lawyer says of 16-year-old’s death at poultry plant
Family of 16-year-old worker killed cleaning a machine at Mar-Jac Poultry plant in Hattiesburg files lawsuit.
Family of 16-year-old worker killed cleaning a machine at Mar-Jac Poultry plant in Hattiesburg files lawsuit.
The more you read the article the worse it gets.
- A 16 year old died while cleaning a machine.
- local laws prevent anyone under 18 from working with machinery
- This is the third person to die at this factory in 3 years.
- there have also been 3 amputations and a hospitalization from a severe fall in the same time period
- all of these violations have amounted to $212,000 in proposed fines from OSHA
I cannot comprehend how a company can have multiple deaths, amputations, and severe safety infractions in a few years and only face a small amount of proposed fines.
Well we'd hate to ruffle any feathers and upset some job creators, they might seek better tax deals elsewhere
It's also hard to draw reasonable conclusions quickly without people of color to blame.. give it time, give it time
That second point isn't exactly right.
Federal child labor laws prohibit anyone under the age of 18 from working in meat processing plants
See, I though I came to correct you that they cannot operate heavy machinery, but he was only cleaning it while it was supposed to be out of operation.
But if the article has it right, it was illegal for him to have been working in the building at all. That's a whole other situation than I previously understood it to be.
This is more proof that laws aren't enforced and that children in the workplace aren't safe.
Not just children. Workers in general aren't safe with those sort of track records
The McNuggets must flow!
The more I read, the more fucked it got. I love that the meat plant is blaming the hiring contractor for hiring a 16 year old but the contractor is blaming the meat plant for not following safe cleaning instructions. Turns out they are both guilty as fuck and should be shut down.
Because of lobbyists working over decades.
3 deaths??? Jesus Fuck do they not have lock out tag out laws south of the Mason Dixon line?
Sure they have lockput/tagout. You sit through an hour long video, then sign a sheet where you promise to obey the safety rules. Then when you actually try to do things by the book, your supervisor asks you "what the fuck are you doing?" and says "we don't have time for that". One place I worked had a peg board with everyone's lock and key for lockout/tagout; all of the locks had about a 1/4 inch (@ 6 mm to our European friends) of dust on them from lack of use.
What the fuck…
If the hawks nest tunnel taught us anything is that it's ok to knowingly kill hundreds of workers as long as you profit before any charges can be brought up
The solution should be to jail all the owners and executives, force a sale of the company and set an example for anyone else who thinks about doing the same thing.
Regulation is for those who cant afford good lawyers
You mean a 16 year-old working at a poultry plant?
Yes, that should never have to happen.
Nothing has changed, and the company continues to treat employee safety as an afterthought, putting its workers at risk
Just a normal day for capitalism
I feel like thats the case for most child deaths
There is a long rich tradition of underage children dying in meat processing plants. While this is absolutely tragic, anyone who has looked into this can tell you it's absolutely nothing new.
But, people want meat. So they look away, try not to think about it and nothing changes. Something to consider over your next cheeseburger.
There’s always an outraged vegan to make a bad faith argument in comments of stories like this.
Hey kid, do you think children have never died farming vegetables?
https://www.live5news.com/2023/12/20/community-mourns-teen-who-died-farming-accident/?outputType=amp
https://www.abc27.com/local-news/child-dies-in-lancaster-county-farm-equipment-accident/amp/
https://globalnews.ca/news/9727616/toddler-dies-grain-mixer-quebec/amp/
Something to consider over your next salad.
Two of those articles you linked are a 2 and 4 year old that were on the farm, not really the same thing as the 27 amputation per month of actual workers. I mean step back and look at the what aboutism you are doing. Of course people are injured in produce, but that doesn't change the fact that working in a meat packing plant is one of the most dangerous professions for humans.
Look, I'm not even here "as a vegan", just as someone who has recently read The Jungle and is horrorifed to see the same problems from a century ago still present today. I'm not talking about animal rights, I'm talking about human worker rights in an industry where those people are constantly injured in staggering numbers.
There is a long rich tradition of underage children dying in meat processing plants.
Yeah, we need better child labor laws and meat processing plant regulations, and those keep being overturned.
While the easy concept of "what if no meat industry" is easy to imagine, and I am for it, it's not realistic and would simply move the industry to a 3rd world country and transfer through there. Why don't vegans ever consider a 90% approach: if you get people to consume something that is 90% not meat, that's the equivalent getting 90% of the group vegetarian. Then it's an easier sell for vegetarianism, and as we develop lab meats, less must replaced.
Also, jw, would you be willing to eat human meat if they consented before hand and were disease free. I have a 93% yes rate, and I usually ask friends of friends when I meet them.
It is not about the meat, it is about the safety regulations that should have been in place.
Capitalism will exploit unless there are reasons not do so. If the monetary risk is high enough, such as a % of total revenue in fines which should be more than the profit made, there is less of an inclination to perform such practices. Or death for the whole directive board, you know.
Conservatives' secret wet dream exposed.
third to die in a 3 year period. Jesus christ it's a poultry plant, it's not supposed to be a dangerous job, why is this place still allowed to be open.