The resolution comes after an outbreak of COVID-19 at the plant, where at least 145 employees were inflamed as of July 27, according to the hard work of prosecutors in Mato Grosso, Brazil’s largest agricultural state.JBS employs 1,035 people, he said.
“Contamination is done through breathing and also through the air, it is essential to maintain a sufficient distance,” prosecutors said, referring to workstations where others spend at least 8 hours in closed premises with low ventilation.
20% of the inflamed meat factory with Covid in a major Brazilian exporter, according to the trade union
JBS declined to comment on the decision, but has defended its fitness protocols as “solid”.
The company, which has had outbreaks at at least three other Mato Grosso plants, said it was following federal regulations in a row in June that set the needs of meat packers during the pandemic.
Despite this, prosecutors say that the corporate has not done enough and have sued the corporate for covering the personnel of 3 other meat processing plants in Mato Grosso, Colunder, Confresa and Araputanga.
They’re all ed.
If it is not imaginable to enforce the distance of 1.5 meters in the Pontes e Lacerda facility, then the company deserves to install physical barriers to protect workers, according to the failure, according to the statement of prosecutors.
(Report through Ana Mano; Edited through Aurora Ellis)
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