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Workers’ Suit Claims OSHA Neglected Virus Infection Risk At Meat Plant


July 27, 2020 at 06:33 PM
Workers at a Pennsylvania meat-packing plant are suing OSHA for what they say is the agency’s unlawful failure to respond to complaints of “imminent” danger of COVID-19 infection at the facility, arguing that the OSH Act gives the agency no choice but to quickly inspect the facility or to formally reject the complaint as unwarranted.

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