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4 workers at Smithfield plant died; feds fine company $13,494
"The U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday proposed that Smithfield Foods pay a $13,494 fine for failing to protect employees at a meat processing plant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where nearly 1,300 workers contracted COVID-19 and four died."
1,300 of their workers became infected with COVID. 4 died. They are challenging the fine.
"The U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday proposed that Smithfield Foods pay a $13,494 fine for failing to protect employees at a meat processing plant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where nearly 1,300 workers contracted COVID-19 and four died."
1,300 of their workers became infected with COVID. 4 died. They are challenging the fine.