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A Mississippi poultry plant is being fined $212,646 after a 16 year-old boy was caught in a machine and killed. Duvan Tomas Perez, an immigrant from Guatemala, died on July 14 on an evening shift at the Mar-Jac’s plant. news.bloomberglaw.com/safety/teena...

Teenage Mar-Jac Poultry Worker’s Death Leads to OSHA Penalty (1)news.bloomberglaw.com Mar-Jac MS LLC is facing federal health and safety citations and a $212,646 proposed fine in response to the July death of a 16-year-old Mississippi poultry plant worker, OSHA announced Tuesday.

This is why if the penalty HAS to be a fine, then it should be measured as a percentage of quarterly revenue rather than a lump sum. THAT would make the fat cats behave.