Health Facilities, Beef Processor Fined for COVID Violations

Federal workplace safety inspectors fined two health facilities and one beef processor for allegedly failing to protect workers from COVID-19. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Hackensack Meridian Health Residential Care Inc. for two serious alleged violations and one alleged other-than-serious violation at its facility in North Bergen, New Jersey. Meridian faces $28,070 in penalties. “Based on a coronavirus-related inspection, OSHA cited Hackensack Meridian Health for a serious violation for failure to provide respirators to resident-care employees for a period o...