Articles Tagged with ''worker safety''

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) said it recognized more than 50 dairy company operations for their outstanding achievements in worker safety. Each operation or plant received the IDFA Dairy Industry Safety Recognition Award in a program that has highlighted workplace safety in U.S. dairy companies for 15 years.

With many workers using potentially dangerous chemicals to sanitize facilities and machinery, the prospect of sickness or injury looms.

With meat and poultry producers and supermarket meat department operators determined to protect proteins from pathogens and other contaminants, garment suppliers look to develop more effective designs.

OSHA cited Koch Foods of Gainesville LLC with a repeat violation for exposing employees to amputation hazards by failing to provide machine guarding.