{"id":"AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-095","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States Department of Labor, OSHA, Region 8 (federal agency; enforcement record)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION","eco":"","issuer":"OSHA Denver Area Office; DOL Office of Public Affairs","authority":"29 U.S.C. 654(a)(1), 658, 666","instrument":"OSHA citation of JBS Foods Inc. (Swift Beef Company), Greeley, Colorado, for a General Duty Clause violation and a recordkeeping violation (proposed penalties $15,615), announced Sept. 11, 2020","title":"U.S. Department of Labor Cites JBS Foods Inc. for Failing to Protect Employees from Exposure to the Coronavirus","dateIssued":"2020-09-11","effective":"2020-09-11","end":"15 business days to contest (contested)","startDate":"2020-09-11","endDate":"2020-09-30","quarters":["2020Q3"],"types":["EMP"],"addressees":["JBS Foods Inc. (meat processing)"],"clause":"GREELEY, CO - The U.S. Department of Labor\u0027s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited JBS Foods Inc. in Greeley, Colorado, for failing to protect employees from exposure to the coronavirus. OSHA proposed $15,615 in penalties. Based on a coronavirus-related inspection, OSHA cited the company - which operates as Swift Beef Company - 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 by law.... JBS Foods has 15 business days from receipt of the citations and penalties to comply, request an informal conference with OSHA\u0027s area director, or contest the findings before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.","enforcement":"General Duty Clause citation at the statutory maximum penalty; OSHRC contest rights","functions":["PF production floor distancing, barriers and staggered shifts in meat processing","IC","EMP","SC food supply chain"],"notes":"The leading General Duty Clause COVID-19 citation of 2020; with the Smithfield citation of Sept. 10, 2020 (Ex. 031) it fixed the federal expectation that production employers reconfigure lines, shifts and common areas.","sourceUrl":"https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/osha/osha20200911-1","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":150908,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION","url":"/library/AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-095","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-095","citation":"OSHA Denver Area Office; DOL Office of Public Affairs, OSHA citation of JBS Foods Inc. (Swift Beef Company), Greeley, Colorado, for a General Duty Clause violation and a recordkeeping violation (proposed penalties $15,615), announced Sept. 11, 2020 (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-095)","stateName":"","related":["DUT-FED-016"]}