(Grand Island, NE) -- A food safety and food plant sanitation company is accused of violating child labor laws in Nebraska and Minnesota.
Packers Sanitation Services is a cleaning and sanitation company that provides contract work at slaughtering and meat packing establishments throughout the United States. The U.S. Department of Labor says the company is accused of violations at plants in Grand Island, Nebraska, Worthington, Minnesota and Marshall, Minnesota. The Department of Labor alleges that Packers Sanitation Services employed at least 31 minors to work in dangerous conditions in those locations.
Federal officials say the company had 13 to 17 year olds working overnight shifts and using dangerous equipment on the kill floors, cleaning machinery like meat and bone cutting saws and grinding machines. The Labor Department also accuses the company of interfering in the investigation by tampering with evidence and attempting to obstruct employee interviews.
You can read the full filing here.