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Staffing *Proposed penalties for all violations cited, including those related to COVID-19 Cal/OSHA cited Foster Farms $103,100, for five serious, one repeat regulatory, and two regulatory violations at its Livingston plant; and $78,400 for three serious, one repeat regulatory, and two regulatory violations at the distribution center. Regulatory violations were issued in both Foster Farms inspections and to Human Bees, Inc. for their failure to timely report work-related fatalities. Additionally, Cal/OSHA issued serious violations related to their Injury and Illness Prevention Programs many o...

Cal/OSHA cited Foster Farms saying the company failed to protect its workers. Author: Eric Escalante, Associated Press Published: 7:32 PM PDT May 24, 2021 Updated: 7:58 PM PDT May 24, 2021 LIVINGSTON, Calif. — California has cited and fined a Foster Farms chicken processing plant that saw a deadly coronavirus outbreak last year, saying the company failed to protect its workers. The state Division of Occupational Health and Safety's penalty of  $181,500 is one of the steepest citations issued during the COVID-19 pandemic. $103,100 of the penal...

Cal/OSHA proposes nearly $300,000 in fines tied to Foster Farms COVID-19 outbreaks Rong-Gong Lin II, Leila Miller © (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press) A truck enters the Foster Farms processing plant in Livingston, Calif., in this 2013. Cal/OSHA is proposing $292,700 in fines tied to deadly COVID-19 outbreaks at poultry processing plants operated by Foster Farms in California's Central Valley. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press) In the wake of deadly COVID-19 outbreaks at poultry processing plants operated by Foster Farms in California's Central Valley, the state's hea...

The shutdown of the Foster Farms plant this week due to coronavirus deaths exposes lapses in one of the most dangerous workplace sectors. Labor experts and advocates for workers have said the deaths show a need for authorities to pay greater attention to workplace safety in the Central Valley. Critics say officials have long paid insufficient scrutiny to workplace safety hazards in this part of California. Although the Central Valley has among the highest number of complaints and accidents, workplace safety inspections in this part of California have yielded fewer violations per inspection th...

Cal/OSHA Cites Foster Farms, Staffing Agencies for COVID-19 Violations May 24, 2021 Cal/OSHA has cited Foster Poultry Farms Inc. in Livingston, Calif., and four staffing agencies for not protecting workers from COVID-19. Cal/OSHA opened its inspection after receiving notification that an employee had died from COVID-19 complications, and subsequently determined that Foster Farms and one of its staffing agencies did not file a timely report the COVID-19 fatality as required. Cal/OSHA also opened a separate inspection at the facility’s distribution center. ...