OSHA: Spate of serious injuries at chicken processing plant ‘preventable’
In less than 60 days, three employee injuries - including one worker who suffered the amputation of three fingers - brought federal inspectors to West Virginia poultry processing facilities operated by Pilgrim's Pride Corp., one of the world's largest chicken producers.
OSHA inspections in April, May and June 2015 found that preventable safety violations caused the workers' injuries at Pilgrim's facilities on 214 S. Main St. and 129 Potomac Ave. in Moorefield. As a result, the agency cited the company on September 11 for one repeat and three serious violations. Proposed fines total $46,825.