Cleaning Company Faces Charges Over Hiring Underage Workers for Dangerous Slaughterhouse Jobs
• Tennessee company Fayette Janitorial illegally employed 15 kids ages 13-17 to clean dangerous equipment at meat processing plants
• Children cleaned equipment like head splitters and meat bandsaws at Perdue Farms and Seaboard Triumph Foods plants
• Federal laws prohibit minors doing hazardous jobs like slaughterhouse cleaning due to safety risks
• Fayette was previously cited for safety violations after worker was injured at Gerber's Poultry plant
• Labor Dept. says hiring of underage workers by slaughterhouse cleaning companies has increased 152% since 2018