Images released by US labor department show conditions over 100 children faced at Packers Sanitation Services Incorporated
Harrowing photos released by the US labor department taken at a slaughterhouse plant inshow the conditions more than 100 children faced while illegally working for Packers Sanitation Services Incorporated before the department cracked down on the company for violating child labor laws.
The pictures show employees covered in protective gear, using chemicals to spray down and sanitize equipment. In some of the pictures, made public on Sunday by the television news show , some of the employees appear to be young children, wearing protective face glasses and holding buckets.PSSI $1.5m for employing at least 102 children ages 13 to 17 across 13 meat-packing plants in eight states. The fine amounts to $15,138 per child, the maximum penalty under federal law. The Wisconsin-based company is one of the largest food sanitation companies in the US and is contracted by meat plants to sanitize facilities.
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