N.C. Poultry Industry Workplace Safety Prompts Federal Hearings Plans

February 19, 2008

  • February 19, 2008 at 12:24 pm
    Veggie Luvver says:
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    is turning me into a vegetarian. Whether it be the torturing of animals destined for slaughter or the sub-human treatment of workers, it is very very sad.

  • February 19, 2008 at 12:47 pm
    wudchuck says:
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    if osha has already stepped in, why does congress what to get it’s hands on this? afterall, this is a state problem not a national problem. um… are we trying to do another steroid issue? there are many other issues nationally that need attention and internationally. osha already has moved into this matter. u.s. congress – step out and back – get to other matters that DO require your attention.

  • February 19, 2008 at 1:56 am
    CSR says:
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    Shoot these guys dont know my husband!
    He was selling insurance to the nurses who were helping me deliver the babies, I was lucky to get a 24 hour maternity leave. The morning I got my tubes tied I went straight from the clinic to work. Surgery @ 8am back to work by one! Seriously though, Wait till Obabma is president, the ACLU will demonize all us big-bad employers!

  • February 19, 2008 at 2:24 am
    Tar Heel says:
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    Sounds like echoes of the Imperial Foods disaster in Laurinburg (NC), where the worker in the chicken processing plan were burned to death because the doors were chained. Bad stuff.

    At least our state hasn’t run off all manufacturing by raising their taxes to punitive levels. I guarantee you they don’t have this problem in Mass!

  • February 19, 2008 at 3:18 am
    bill says:
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    Shouldn’t that be Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) instead of Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OHSA)?

  • February 19, 2008 at 3:25 am
    Safety Guy says:
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    Mr. Kennedy; OSHA is not to blame here, as much as you would like to link Mr. Bush to this. It is strickly management’s fault if indeed these things are taking place. OSHA has given employers the tools to run a safe workplace; it won’t happen if they don’t take advantage of them.

  • February 19, 2008 at 3:37 am
    lastbat says:
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    Methinks they’re trying to blame the enforcement schedule that OSHA maintains. When OSHA was first created they went around with a big stick and fined everyone they could. Over the last ten years or so OSHA has transformed into more of a consultant than a cop as their enforcement budget has failed to keep up with the growing demand. Any given state might have about 30 enforcement agents – tops – to inspect several hundred thousand employers. They do the best they can, but quite frankly there’s just not enough enforcement agents to catch people. And their list is in a great part generated by the mandatory self-reporting employers peform. If employers lie in those reports OSHA never gets the red flag.

    I like OSHA; I’m keen on both enforcement and consultation (I’ve been in enforcement inspections and utilized consultation services – both positive experiences). Until OSHA is funded like the EPA you won’t see the results people expect.

  • February 20, 2008 at 7:44 am
    Safety Guy says:
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    If you do an establishment search, you will see that OSHA has been out there several times and have issues many citations. They were just out at one of their facilities in NC in April 07 as a result of an emplyee complaint, so it is not a case of not knowing about these folks.

  • February 20, 2008 at 8:37 am
    wudchuck says:
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    so if they have been there several times, why is that plant allowed to operate if it does not resolve these citatiions? what about giving a more hefty fine if not complied with certain amount of days?

  • February 20, 2008 at 11:16 am
    lastbat says:
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    OSHA is much more limited in what they can do than other government agencies. The fines they levy are a joke; and while they technically can shut a business down they don’t have the political clout to really pull it off. If you really want action, get the EPA involved.



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