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Ex. DUT-FED-015 Standing duty Primary source read

Citation and Notification of Penalty, Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp., Sioux Falls, SD (general duty clause, one serious violation)

OSHA Inspection Detail 1472736, Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp.

OSHA, Sioux Falls Area Office (enforcement record: inspection detail, Inspection No. 1472736) · United States (South Dakota) (Federal)

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The record

Jurisdiction
United States (South Dakota)
Level
Federal
Authority
29 U.S.C. 654(a)(1), 658, 666
Issued
2020-09-09 Sept. 9, 2020
Effective
2020-09-09
End
contested; settled (read as 2020-09-30)
In force
Sept. 9, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q3
Limitation types
Workplace rules
Addressees
  • the cited employer; precedential for the industry
Character
enforcement record
Collection
Standing duties: Federal layer DUT-FED

Operative words

NAICS: 311611/Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering... Inspection Type: Complaint... Initial Violations 1 [Serious]... Initial Penalty $13,494.

Penalty

$13,494 proposed

What it required

A serious general duty clause citation against a meat-processing plant (NAICS 311611) for failing to protect employees from SARS-CoV-2 exposure; the news release is Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-031.

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