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Smithfield Fined for Failing to Protect Workers from COVID-19

The U.S. Section of Labor cited meat-processing large Smithfield Packaged Meats for failing to defend personnel from exposure to the coronavirus. At minimum 1,294 Smithfield workers contracted coronavirus, and four personnel died from the virus in the spring. The Labor Department’s Occupational Protection and Health Administration (OSHA) explained the quotation adopted a coronavirus-linked inspection at the