{"id":"AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-031","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States Department of Labor, OSHA, Region 7 (federal agency; enforcement record)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION","eco":"","issuer":"OSHA Sioux Falls Area Office; DOL Office of Public Affairs news release","authority":"29 U.S.C. 654(a)(1), 658, 666","instrument":"OSHA citation of Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp., Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for a General Duty Clause violation (proposed penalty $13,494), announced Sept. 10, 2020","title":"U.S. Department of Labor Cites Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. for Failing to Protect Employees from Coronavirus","dateIssued":"2020-09-10","effective":"2020-09-10","end":"Contested; settled 2021-2022 (secondary)","startDate":"2020-09-10","endDate":"2020-09-30","quarters":["2020Q3"],"types":["EMP"],"addressees":["Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. (meat processing)"],"clause":"","enforcement":"General Duty Clause citation; proposed penalty $13,494 (the statutory maximum for a serious violation at the time)","functions":["PF production floor distancing and barriers in meat processing","IC","EMP"],"notes":"The citation appears in OSHA\u0027s own inspection list (Ex. 033); the companion JBS release of Sept. 11, 2020 is Ex. 095.","sourceUrl":"https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/osha/osha20200910","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20201004104412/https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/osha/osha20200910","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":170631,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION","url":"/library/AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-031","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-031","citation":"OSHA Sioux Falls Area Office; DOL Office of Public Affairs news release, OSHA citation of Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp., Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for a General Duty Clause violation (proposed penalty $13,494), announced Sept. 10, 2020 (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-031)","stateName":"","related":["DUT-AR-011","DUT-CO-009","DUT-DE-018","DUT-FED-015","DUT-ME-006","DUT-NY-017","DUT-OK-010","DUT-SD-012","DUT-VT-014"]}