The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis has launched an investigation into the coronavirus outbreaks at meatpacking plants across the country that resulted in deaths of more than 250 employees. Committee Chairman Representative James Clyburn of South Carolina sent letters to OSHA, Tyson Foods, Smithfield Foods, and JBS USA.
Clyburn claims OSHA failed to adequately carry out its responsibility for enforcing worker safety laws at meatpacking plants across the country resulting in preventable infections and deaths.
The investigation follows reports that nearly 54,000 workers at 569 meatpacking plants in the US have tested positive for the virus, and at least 270 died.
