Tag: child labor

OSHA, WHD Investigating Poultry Plant Fatality, Child Labor Violations

By Guy Burdick, EHS Daily Advisor Sep 12, 2023 EHS Administration

Updated: Sep 12, 2023

The Department of Labor’s (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Wage and Hour Division (WHD) are investigating workplace safety and child labor violations at a Hattiesburg, Mississippi, poultry plant following the death of a 16-year-old worker, the DOL announced September 11. “As federal investigators continue to try to understand how a 16-year-old died […]

Forced labor

DOL Report Details Child and Forced Labor Worldwide

By William C. Schillaci Oct 1, 2018 Special Topics in Safety Management

Updated: Oct 1, 2018

The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) notes that some of modern society’s most coveted goods are produced by child and forced labor. For example, there is evidence of child labor or forced labor in sugarcane and coffee harvesting in a combined 25 countries worldwide; children in the Democratic Republic […]