At least one of the children was only 13.
, the allegations prompted the U.S. Department of Labor to file a federal complaint in Nebraska requesting a nationwide temporary restraining order and injunction against Packers Sanitation Services Inc., a food-safety company that provides contract sanitation services.
The complaint alleged that at least 31 children, some as young as 13, were illegally employed to clean Packers’ meat-processing facilities in both Nebraska and Minnesota. Several of the minors suffered chemical burns from the corrosive cleaners they were required to use,According to court documents, the Labor Department believes Packers may employ minor children under similar conditions at other plants, the newspaper reported.
“ investigators interviewed children who reported working for Packers Sanitation under the age of 16,” the Labor Department wrote in its motion. “Some children reported working long hours or overnight shifts. Other children reported working on power-driven machines or on the kill floor.” According to court documents, specific tasks required of the children included cleaning kill floors, meat- and bone-cutting saws, grinding machines and electric knives. The mix of boys and girls were not fluent English speakers and were interviewed mostly in Spanish,A Labor Department spokesperson confirmed to the Journal that U.S. District Judge John Gerrard in Lincoln, Nebraska, granted the temporary restraining order Thursday.
The injunction compels Packers and any partners to comply with investigators and refrain from concealing relevant evidence until a Nov. 23 hearing,
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