Petition: Demand Investigation into Company That Employed Children at a Slaughterhouse

Slaughterhouses are traumatic places for all involved, so it was a huge shock when government officials discovered that Packer Sanitation Services (PSSI) was employing children in these dangerous and traumatic conditions at multiple processing facilities. It is illegal for anyone under the age of 18 to work in a slaughterhouse on kill floors or with hazardous processing equipment.

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The allegations first began back in 2016 when a local police officer said that he was called to a local middle school because a 14-year-old girl had “injuries to her hands.” A report obtained by NBC News says the allegations were investigated as child abuse. A spokesperson for the Grand Island Police Department said that the injuries were from the child’s work at PSSI.

The resolution with the feds comes a month after the Department of Labor accused the company of employing at least 31 children on the graveyard shifts in slaughterhouses in three states. The children were reportedly told to clean the killing floors and various machines. According to the complaint, these machines included meat and bone-cutting saws and grinding machines. The report also states that at least three children suffered chemical burns.

According to the petition, PSSI allegedly interfered with the investigation by intimidating minor workers and influencing them not to cooperate with investigators. According to the Department of Labor, PSSI allegedly deleted and manipulated employment files to hide that they were employing minors and forcing them to work in horrific conditions.

Slaughterhouses are a horrible place to be, let alone for children to be working there. This company should be shut down and punished to the full extent of the law.

Sign this petition to demand the U.S. Department of Labor investigate all 700 processing facilities where Packer Sanitation Services, Inc. operate!

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