The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States Department of Labor, OSHA, Region 8 (federal agency; enforcement record)
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- 29 U.S.C. 654(a)(1), 658, 666
- Issued
- 2020-09-11 Sept. 11, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-09-11
- End
- 15 business days to contest (contested) (read as 2020-09-30)
- In force
- Sept. 11, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Workplace rules
- Addressees
- JBS Foods Inc. (meat processing)
- Functions reached
- PF production floor distancing, barriers and staggered shifts in meat processing
- IC
- EMP
- SC food supply chain
- Collection
- Federal labor and immigration agencies AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION
Operative words
GREELEY, CO - The U.S. Department of Labor's 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's 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
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.