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OSHA's lockout tagout standard, 29 CFR 1910.147, has been federal law since 1989. Poultry plants still rank among its worst violators.
"They had us watch a two-hour safety video on our first day. Real professional, real polished. Then they put us on the floor with machines that had no guards, no lockout procedures, and a supervisor who told us to 'just be careful.
"I watched the press come down on Marcus's hand because the guard had been removed three shifts ago and nobody fixed it. Management knew. We all knew. The difference is, we couldn't afford to refuse the work." That's what a stamping plant worker in Ohio told us.
