The agreement provides for the formation of a team of experts by the company to develop and implement an infectious disease preparedness plan to protect employees. The team should include subject matter experts recommended by OSHA and the Commercial and Food Workers’ Union, which represent workers across industries.
The deal includes four Swift Beef Plants (in Colorado, Nebraska and Texas), one Swift Pork Plant (in Illinois), one JBS Soderton Plant (in Pennsylvania) and one JBS Green Bay Plant (in Wisconsin). After two inspections in April and May, OSHA notified the Greeley-based Swift Beef and Green Bay-based JBS Green Bay plants for failing to protect employees from the risks of COVID-19. Factories must be fined $14,502 by OSHA.
“The purpose of this agreement is to ensure that, going forward, protective measures are in place to protect workers in these facilities from COVID-19 as well as other infectious diseases,” notes Jennifer Rouse, regional administrator for OSHA in Denver. said in.
Under the agreement, JBS subsidiaries and affiliates will be tasked with an updated secure job to reduce employees’ exposure to the coronavirus, while working with third-party experts to assess plant operating procedures and develop an infectious disease preparedness plan. Rules will need to be adopted.
Over the past two years, activities at some factories of JBS Foods USA and its subsidiaries have been disrupted due to an outbreak of the coronavirus, leading to employee deaths.
