The plant, which had operated since the 1970s, was shuttered by Cargill on Aug. 1, 2025, leaving over 1,000 people without a ...

A Mississippi poultry plant is facing more than $200,000 in fines after a teen worker was killed. The 16-year-old contract worker was pulled into a chicken deboning machine while cleaning it last year ...

HATTIESBURG, Miss. — Inadequate safety standards at a poultry processing plant in Mississippi led to the death of a 16-year-old sanitation worker — the second fatality to occur at the facility in just ...

A Mississippi poultry processing plant has agreed to a settlement with the U.S. Department of Labor that requires it to pay $164,814 in fines and put in place enhanced safety measures following the ...

Serious injuries from working in poultry processing plants have decreased in the past 10 years, but workers are still at a high risk for musculoskeletal disorders from repetitive motions. A U.S.

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A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order this week following an urgent U.S. Department of Labor request to block three San Gabriel Valley poultry processing plants from using “oppressive” ...

Some of the worst offenders supply major brands with national reach, such as Perdue, Tyson, Costco, and H-E-B. Consumer Reports analyzed USDA data and identified 56 poultry plants in 22 states with ...

Pitman Farms poultry processing reported an ammonia leak Monday morning, forcing dozens of workers to evacuate the site in Sanger. Several streets near the plant were blocked off as of late Monday ...

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin appears before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Capitol Hill in January before his confirmation (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) EPA is killing a Biden-era ...