Poultry Plant Fined for Underage Workers Duties
ROSE HILL, N.C. (AP)-- Federal regulators have fined a North Carolina poultry processor for allowing underage young people to perform dangerous duties. The U.S. Labor Department has cited House of Raeford for allowing minors at a Duplin County plant to clean or operate powered meat-processing equipment. Regulators have fined the Rose Hill-based company about $12,000 for requiring two workers ages 16 and 17 to use an electric knife. Federal labor law prohibits workers younger than 18 from operating or cleaning powered meat-processing equipment. House of Raeford spokesman David Witter says the problem stemmed from what he called an ``administrative error'' last year at the plant near Wallace. Witter says managers cooperated with Labor Department investigators. He says the company has new policies to avoid similar problems. |
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