Federal investigators are moving against a Wisconsin-based industrial cleaning company that's accused of illegally employing children as young as 13 on dangerous overnight shifts at meat packing plants. The Department of Labor requested a temporary injunction Wednesday against Packers Sanitation Services after investigators found at least 31 children employed to clean industrial equipment at meat packing plants in Nebraska and Minnesota. A Labor Department complaint said at least two child workers suffered caustic chemical burns and other injuries while working on the floor where cattle are butchered at a plant in Grand Island, Nebraska.
WI Company Put Child Workers In Harms Way At Plant In NE
![Poultry workers at major U.S. meat-processing plants are highly susceptible to repetitive-motion injuries, denied bathroom breaks and are most often immigrants and refugees.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/bc39c0b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1497x842+0+0/resize/880x495!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2017%2F04%2F26%2Ftyson_wide-54173c636eae6806c523810ecffc26eece1afc34.jpg)
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