Ohio poultry processor Case Farms made headlines by racking
up $861,500 in fines from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety
and Health Administration (OSHA).
up $861,500 in fines from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety
and Health Administration (OSHA).
According to Food
Safety News, the facility was cited “for two willful, 20 repeat, 30
serious, and three other-than-serious safety and health violations. The
violations include lack of protective equipment, no emergency eye-washing
stations, and amputation hazards.
Safety News, the facility was cited “for two willful, 20 repeat, 30
serious, and three other-than-serious safety and health violations. The
violations include lack of protective equipment, no emergency eye-washing
stations, and amputation hazards.
Dr. David Michaels, assistant secretary of labor at OSHA,
explains:
explains:
Case Farms is an outrageously
dangerous place to work. In the past 25 years, Case Farms has been cited for
more than 350 safety and health violations. Despite committing to OSHA that it
would eliminate serious hazards, Case Farms continues to endanger the safety and
health of its workers. This simply must stop.
It’s well known that factory farms and slaughterhouses can
be incredibly dangerous, not to mention psychologically exhausting, places to
work. But poultry farmers do more than harm people; they exploit and brutally kill
countless animals each year, all of whom had a desire to live.
be incredibly dangerous, not to mention psychologically exhausting, places to
work. But poultry farmers do more than harm people; they exploit and brutally kill
countless animals each year, all of whom had a desire to live.
Chickens raised for meat are subjected to extreme confinement,
mutilations without painkillers, and merciless slaughter. See for yourself.
mutilations without painkillers, and merciless slaughter. See for yourself.
We can take a stand for farm workers and farmed animals by
leaving meat off our plates for good.
leaving meat off our plates for good.
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