Staff report on coronavirus infections and deaths among meatpacking workers

The record

Jurisdiction

United States

Level

Federal

Authority

Congressional staff report (context only)

Issued

2021-10-27 Oct. 27, 2021

Effective

n/a (read as 2021-10-27)

End

n/a

In force

Oct. 27, 2021 (no end date recorded; counted as in force for 120 days)

Limitation types

Other

Addressees

• n/a

Functions reached

• PK
• WF

Collection

Agriculture and Food Processing SEC-20

Operative words

between March 2020 and February 2021, over 59,000 meatpacking workers employed by these five companies alone contracted the coronavirus, and at least 269 died.... Smithfield's Sioux Falls, South Dakota plant saw 1,674 infections among its 3,969 employees--an infection rate of over 42 percent.

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