Seaboard Foods faces $27,000 in fines over working conditions at a hog-processing plant

The Seaboard plant in Guymon, Oklahoma, failed to record injuries that required more than basic first aid and place protections to prevent injuries from repetitive motions and lifting.

Seaboard Foods faces $27,306 in possible fines for failing to report and prevent injuries at its pork processing plants.

The Seaboard plant in Guymon, Oklahoma, failed to record injuries that required more than basic first aid and put protections in place to prevent injuries from repetitive motions and lifting, according to a citation from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

In what OSHA describes as a “serious” violation, workers were required to lift boxes that range from 50 to 90 pounds from conveyer belts to pallets. The agency said that presents an ergonomic risk that could lead to musculoskeletal disorders that affect the shoulder and lower back.

Steven Kirby, the OSHA area director in Oklahoma City, said ergonomic hazards and musculoskeletal injuries are common. But he said there hasn’t been an investigation related to an ergonomic hazard complaint in the region in a long time.

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