Covid and Meat plants

It has been particularly disastrous time for COVID and meat plants. It was already a dangerous job that has gotten worse. The Trump administration allowed for greater line speeds under the excuse that there was an imminent meat shortage. The shortage didn’t materialize but more injuries sure did. This got meat plant workers right to the top of the most dangerous jobs list. But most people were focused on the lack or workers at restaurants and getting back to normal.

Early in the pandemic, cases emerged by the hundreds in food processing facilities. The outbreaks disrupted the country’s meat supply and led some of the hardest-hit plants to temporarily close. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported more than 16,000 infections and 86 deaths tied to meat and poultry processing. But those numbers are almost certainly an undercount. Only 28 states provided data to the C.D.C., and many states and food processing companies have refused to provide case totals. Other large outbreaks have emerged on farms, in fruit or vegetable processing facilities and at plants where pet food is made.

	CASES	LOCATION
Smithfield Foods pork processing facility	1,098	Sioux Falls, S.D.
Tyson Foods pork processing facility	1,031	Waterloo, Iowa
Tyson Foods pork processing facility	900	Logansport, Ind.
Tyson Foods beef processing facility	786	Dakota City, Neb.
JBS USA pork production facility	741	Worthington, Minn.
Tyson Foods meat processing facility	730	Perry, Iowa
Seaboard Foods pork processing facility	654	Guymon, Okla.
National Beef processing facility	647	Dodge City, Kan.
Cargill meat processing facility	594	Dodge City, Kan.
Tyson Foods pork processing facility	591	Storm Lake, Iowa
Tyson Foods meat processing facility	570	Wilkesboro, N.C.
Triumph Foods meat processing facility	490	St. Joseph, Mo.
Quality Pork Processors/Hormel pork processing facility	455	Austin, Minn.
National Beef processing facility	450	Liberal, Kan.
Tyson Foods meat processing facility	371	Noel, Mo.
Tyson Foods Berry Street poultry processing facility	365	Springdale, Ark.
Foster Farms poultry processing facility	358	Livingston, Calif.
JBS USA meat processing facility	348	Green Bay, Wis.
Tyson Foods meat processing facility	326	Sherman, Texas
Perdue Farms meat processing facility	320	Cromwell, Ky.
Indiana Packers Corporation pork processing facility	301	Delphi, Ind.
JBS USA meat processing facility	295	Greeley, Colo.
George’s Poultry processing facility	290	Springdale, Ark.
Dole vegetable packaging facility	281	Springfield, Ohio
George’s Inc. Ozark Mountain Poultry processing facility	278	Rogers, Ark.
Tyson Foods meat processing facility	277	Wallula, Wash.
Pilgrim’s Pride poultry processing facility	270	Cold Spring, Minn.
Tyson Foods poultry processing facility –Elm Street	267	Rogers, Ark.
Long Prairie Packing Co. meat processing facility	265	Long Prairie, Minn.
JBS USA beef processing facility	264	Cactus, Texas
Tyson Foods poultry processing facility	257	Temperanceville, Va.
Tyson Foods meat processing facility	255	Cold Spring, Minn.
Pilgrim’s Pride poultry processing facility	255	De Queen, Ark.
American Foods Group meat processing facility	241	Green Bay, Wis.
OK Foods poultry processing facility	234	Fort Smith, Ark.
JBS USA meat processing facility	230	Grand Island, Neb.
Pilgrim’s Pride poultry processing facility	226	Live Oak, Fla.
Tyson Foods beef and pork processing facility	224	Council Bluffs, Iowa
Cargill poultry processing facility	224	Springdale, Ark.
Tyson Foods meat processing facility	221	Columbus Junction, Iowa
Tyson Foods poultry processing facility	215	Van Buren, Ark.
Tyson Foods poultry processing facility	213	Clarksville, Ark.
Tyson Foods pork processing facility	212	Madison, Neb.
Wayne Farms poultry processing facility	198	Danville, Ark.
Lamb Weston potato processing facility	189	Hermiston, Ore.
Central Valley Meat plant	187	Hanford, Calif.
Pacific Seafood	187	Newport, Ore.
ConAgra frozen food processing facility	180	Russellville, Ark.
Seaboard Triumph Foods pork processing facility	176	Sioux City, Iowa
DemKota Ranch Beef processing facility	170	Aberdeen, S.D.
Butterball poultry processing facility	156	Huntsville, Ark.
Peco Foods poultry processing facility	147	Batesville, Ark.
Steven Roberts Original Desserts	143	Aurora, Colo.
Taylor Farms New England Plant food processing facility	142	North Kingstown, R.I.
Jennie-O turkey processing facility	139	Willmar, Minn.
West Liberty Foods meat processing facility	136	West Liberty, Iowa
Miller Poultry	135	Orland, Ind.
Firestone Pacific Foods fruit processing facility	132	Vancouver, Wash.
Comfrey Farms Prime Pork processing facility	131	Windom, Minn.
Jack Link’s beef jerky plant	129	Alpena, S.D.
Hormel’s Rochelle Foods processing facility	123	Rochelle, Ill.
Tyson Foods meat processing facility	118	Emporia, Kan.
Bottomley Evergreens and Farms	112	Sparta, N.C.
Tyson Foods meat processing facility	111	Center, Texas
Lincoln Premium Poultry	110	Fremont, Neb.
Cargill Meat Solutions processing facility	109	Fort Morgan, Colo.
Townsend Farms	107	Fairview, Ore.
Tyson Foods Olrich Street poultry processing facility	105	Rogers, Ark.
Fieldale Farms Cornelia poultry processing facility	104	Cornelia, Ga.
Dakota Provisions meat processing facility	104	Huron, S.D.
Tyson Foods meat processing facility	102	Robards, Ky.
Smithfield Foods meat processing plant	101	Crete, Neb.
Birds Eye Foods processing plant	100	Darien, Wis.

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