Agriprocessors Investigated by Labor Services and OSHA Before Raid

By Michelle Long, Producer

By Becky Ogann

POSTVILLE - The Iowa Division of Labor Services began investigating Agriprocessors for possible wage and child labor violations about six months before the plant raid.

That came after OSHA found dozens of health and safety violations during inspections.

Documents obtained by TV9 show 39 combined violations from two separate inspections, one last October and one in March. (See those documents in the "related content" to the left).

Several of them cited dangerous and even potentially fatal hazards to employees.

Gail Sheridan-Lucht, Attorney for Iowa's Labor Commissioner, told TV9 the company has paid about $182,000 in fines but still has a few issues to resolve before the cases are closed.

The wage and child labor investigation is also ongoing.
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Saturday, May 17 at 6:27 PM me wrote ...

i think they need to be shut DOWN FOR GOOD LOOK AT THERE PAST RECORDS THEY ARE SLOWLEY RUINING YOUR TOWN THINK ABOUT IT PEOPLE

Saturday, May 17 at 9:03 AM thinking out loud wrote ...

Yes, first the unions, and now the labor laws. Upton SInclair where are you today? The Iowa media is very anti-union and labor today.

Saturday, May 17 at 6:44 AM Lannie Claypool wrote ...

A big thumbs up to ICE. They handled this situation very professionally.These illegals don't belong here,They aren't Amercians and shouldn't have any rights granted too them.Agriprocessors needs to look closer at whom they hire.

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