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February 12, 2024
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Mississippi
16-Year-Old Dies Cleaning Machinery at Mississippi Poultry Plant
Undocumented teen killed performing prohibited sanitation work
In 2023, 16-year-old Duvan Thomas Pérez died while working at a Mar-Jac Poultry facility in Mississippi. He had been cleaning dangerous machinery and was reportedly working under a false identity. OSHA issued 17 citations and $212,646 in penalties, which labor advocates criticized as inadequate given the severity of the fatal incident and the company’s size.
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