A Georgia poultry company will pay $608,000 to settle a government complaint that originated after 2 employees lost fingers and a 3rd lost a foot in chicken-processing machinery.
The settlement with Cagle's Inc was reached in Atlanta with officials of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and announced by the Labor Department.
Acting Labor Secretary Cynthia Metzler said Cagle's promised to hire additional staff to provide safety training both at its plant in Macon, GA, where the accident occurred, and throughout the company. Cagle's also agreed to provide OSHA with monthly reports on inspection procedures designed to avoid employee injuries.
"The settlement agreement furthers the efforts of both OSHA and Cagle's to provide safe workplaces and avoids the burden of prolonged litigation," Metzler said.
OSHA last month proposed $1.27 million in fines against Cagle's, accusing the poultry company of 23 deliberate violations of federal employee safety rules and three serious violations.
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