U.S. company fined for hiring kids to clean meatpacking plants.
A food sanitation-service provider accused of hiring at least 102 children to work overnight shifts cleaning meatpacking plants in eight states has paid $1.5 million in penalties, the Labor Department said.
The U.S. Department of Labor says Packers Sanitation Services Inc. paid $1,544,076 in penalties on Thursday.
The department’s Wage and Hour Division investigated the provider and found that it had employed at least 102 children between the ages of 13 and 17.
These children worked in hazardous conditions across 13 meat processing plants in eight states, including Nebraska, the investigation found.
Duties included cleaning backsaws, brisket saws and head splitters and using hazardous chemicals.
The department says at least three children were hurt while at work.
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