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Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-031 Order Primary source read

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

U.S. Department of Labor Cites Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. for Failing to Protect Employees from Coronavirus

OSHA Sioux Falls Area Office; DOL Office of Public Affairs news release · United States Department of Labor, OSHA, Region 7 (federal agency; enforcement record) (Federal)

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The record

Jurisdiction
United States Department of Labor, OSHA, Region 7 (federal agency; enforcement record)
Level
Federal
Authority
29 U.S.C. 654(a)(1), 658, 666
Issued
2020-09-10 Sept. 10, 2020
Effective
2020-09-10
End
Contested; settled 2021-2022 (secondary) (read as 2020-09-30)
In force
Sept. 10, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q3
Limitation types
Workplace rules
Addressees
  • Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. (meat processing)
Functions reached
  • PF production floor distancing and barriers in meat processing
  • IC
  • EMP
Collection
Federal labor and immigration agencies AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION

Enforcement

General Duty Clause citation; proposed penalty $13,494 (the statutory maximum for a serious violation at the time)

Notes

The citation appears in OSHA's own inspection list (Ex. 033); the companion JBS release of Sept. 11, 2020 is Ex. 095.

Retrieval note

Grade rests on Ex. 033 (OSHA's inspection list) and Ex. 095 (JBS release of the following day, same enforcement sweep); the penalty figure is from the OSHA list and should be confirmed against Ex. 033's row before citation. the page carries a 2025 notice banner; the release text confirms the proposed penalty of $13,494, 'the maximum allowed by law'.