Company Fined $1.5 Million for Hiring Minors in Hazardous Jobs at Meatpacking Plants

Company Fined $1.5 Million for Hiring Minors in Hazardous Jobs at Meatpacking Plants
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Caden Pearson
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One of the nation’s largest food sanitation service providers has been fined $1.5 million for employing at least 102 minors in dangerous jobs cleaning meatpacking plants in several states, according to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL).

Packers Sanitation Services Inc. (PSSI) was found to have breached child labor regulations, with children as young as 13 years old working overnight shifts in 13 meat processing facilities across eight states, allegedly using hazardous chemicals to clean saws and other equipment.

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