WI Company Put Child Workers In Harms Way At Plant In NE

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.