The COVID Project
The record
- Level
- Legal authority
- Authority
- U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA, News Release, 'U.S. Department of Labor Cites JBS Foods Inc. for Failing To Protect Employees from Exposure to the Coronavirus' (Region 8, Sept. 11, 2020)
- Issued
- 2020-09-11 Sept. 11, 2020
- In force
- Sept. 11, 2020 (no end date recorded; counted as in force for 120 days)
- Character
- agency release
Notes
OSHA 'cited JBS Foods Inc. in Greeley, Colorado, for failing to protect employees from exposure to the coronavirus. OSHA proposed $15,615 in penalties.' The company was cited 'for a violation of the general duty clause for failing to provide a workplace free from recognized hazards that can cause death or serious harm. The penalty assessed for the general duty clause violation is the maximum allowed'.