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A karshen makon nan ne za a yi makokin wani mutum mai shekaru 59 a Bridgeville bayan wani mummunan rauni da ya samu a wurin aikin kaji a kudancin Delaware ya kashe shi a farkon watan Oktoba.
‘Yan sanda ba su bayyana sunan wanda abin ya rutsa da su ba a cikin wata sanarwa da aka fitar da ke bayyana hatsarin, amma wani labarin mutuwar da aka buga a Cape Gazette kuma jaridar Newsday ta tabbatar da kansa ta bayyana sunan sa da Nicaragua Rene Araouz, mai shekaru uku. uban yaro.
Arauz ya mutu ne a ranar 5 ga Oktoba a asibitin Beebe da ke Lewis bayan da batirin pallet din ya fado masa a lokacin da yake sauya batura a masana'antar, a cewar 'yan sanda. Za a yi jana'izar a garin George ranar Asabar da safe, sannan a binne shi a Nicaragua. Marigayi yace.
Kamar yadda aka bayyana a cikin wata magana da OSHA ta buga, Arauz ya mutu a masana'antar Harbeson a cikin 'yan shekarun da suka gabata tare da keta hakkin ma'aikata fiye da goma sha biyu.
Dukkanin munanan raunukan biyu sun faru ne bayan tsawaita wa ma'aikacin shukar a shekara ta 2015, OSHA ta ce Alan Harim ya gaza bayar da rahoton raunin da ya faru yadda ya kamata, wurin aikinta ba shi da ingantaccen kulawar likita, kuma "halayen kula da lafiyar wurin ya haifar da yanayi na tsoro da rashin yarda."
OSHA ta kuma gano cewa, a wasu lokuta, ma'aikata sun jira har zuwa mintuna 40 don amfani da bayan gida, kuma yanayi a wurin "suna iya haifar da mummunan cutar ga ma'aikata" saboda yawan motsi da kuma aiki mai nauyi. Kamfanin sarrafa kaji. .
Wadannan yanayi sun kara tsanantawa ta hanyar rashin kayan aiki masu kyau kuma suna iya haifar da "cututtukan tsoka, ciki har da amma ba'a iyakance ga tendinitis ba, ciwo na ramin carpal, tayar da yatsa da ciwon kafada," in ji OSHA.
A cikin 2017, Ma'aikatar Kwadago ta Amurka, Allen Harim, da Ƙungiyar Ma'aikatan Abinci da Kasuwanci ta Ƙasa, Local 27, sun cimma matsaya na yau da kullun wanda ke buƙatar kamfanoni don magance ma'aikaci. cin zarafi na aminci ta hanyar haɓaka kayan aiki da horo, da sauran matakan "raguwa".
Allen Harim ya kuma amince ya biya tarar dala 13,000 - kashi uku na abin da aka tsara tun farko. Tattaunawar ta kuma hada da rashin laifi kan tuhume-tuhumen da aka zayyana a cikin bayanin OSHA.
Wakilin Alan Harim bai amsa bukatar yin sharhi ba. Wakilan kungiyar sun ki cewa komai.
Mai magana da yawun kaji na Delmarva James Fisher ya ce "amincin ma'aikata shine mafi mahimmanci ga masana'antar kiwon kaji" kuma ya ce masana'antar tana da ƙarancin rauni da rashin lafiya fiye da sauran masana'antar noma.
A cewar Ma'aikatar Kwadago ta Amurka, daga shekarar 2014 zuwa 2016, masana'antar kiwon kaji a duk fadin kasar sun ba da rahoton jikkata kusan 8,000 a kowace shekara, adadin wadanda suka jikkata kadan ya karu amma an samu raguwar adadin marasa lafiya.
Rashin lafiya da raunin raunin 4.2 na ma'aikata 100 a cikin 2016 ya karu da kashi 82 daga 1994, in ji Fisher. Kwamitin, wanda ya ƙunshi wakilai daga wasu kwamitocin masana'antar kiwon kaji, don amincewa da su bisa kididdigar raunin da aka yi da sauran 'Rubutun Inganta Tsaron Wurin Aiki' da aka tantance.
Allen Harim, wanda a baya Newsday ya lissafa a matsayin na 21st mafi girma a kiwon kaji a Amurka, yana ɗaukar kusan ma'aikata 1,500 a ma'aikatansa na Harbeson. A cewar Delmarva Poultry Industry, akwai ma'aikatan kaji fiye da 18,000 a yankin a cikin 2017.
OSHA ta ambaci kamfanin a baya saboda rashin bayar da rahoton raunin da ya faru a cibiyarta ta Harbeson.
Yayin da mutuwar 5 ga Oktoba ita ce kawai hatsarin da aka ruwaito a cikin 'yan shekarun nan dangane da wata shukar kajin Delaware, ma'aikata sun kasance cikin haɗari a cikin masana'antu inda aka yanka miliyoyin kaji, kasusuwa, yanki da kuma kunshe nono da cinyoyin kaji don barbecue. zaune a kan shiryayye na kantin sayar da firiji.
'Yan sandan Delaware sun ki tabbatar da adadin wadanda suka mutu a Shuka Kaza na Delaware ba tare da bukatar Dokar 'Yancin Bayanai ba, amma Ma'aikatar Kimiya ta Kasa ta ce daya ne kawai aka rubuta tun 2015.Newsday yana jiran amsa ga bukatar FOIA.
Tun da sanarwar 2015 ga Allen Harim, OSHA ta gano wasu laifuka da dama a wurin da jami'an tarayya suka ce zai iya haifar da lahani ga ma'aikata. Har yanzu ana gudanar da bincike kan abubuwa uku da suka faru a wannan shekara, ciki har da mutuwar a watan Oktoba.
OSHA tana da watanni shida don kammala bincikenta kan mummunan hatsarin. Rundunar ‘yan sandan jihar Delaware ta fada jiya Laraba cewa har yanzu ana kan bincike kan lamarin, inda ake jiran sakamako daga sashen kimiyyar shari’a na Delaware.
A baya, OSHA ta kuma ambaci cin zarafi na kare lafiyar ma'aikaci a gidan abinci na Allen Harim a Seaford. Wannan ya hada da abubuwan da suka faru da aka ruwaito a cikin 2013 da suka shafi kayan wuta. Saboda shekarun rahoton, OSHA ta rubuta asali na asali.
An sami cin zarafi a yankin Mountaire Farms' Millsboro a cikin 2010, 2015 da 2018, yayin da binciken OSHA ya gano cin zarafi a cibiyar Selbyville na kamfanin kowace shekara tun 2015, a cewar OSHA. hali, an gano aƙalla sau ɗaya a cikin 2011.
Abubuwan da aka ambata sun haɗa da zarge-zarge irin na Allen Harim's Harbeson shuka cewa yin ayyukan hannu masu wahala ba tare da ingantattun kayan aiki ba na iya haifar da mummunan rauni.A cikin 2016, OSHA ta gano cewa ma'aikatan da suka yanke nama da cire kasusuwa kuma sun fuskanci yanayin da zai iya haifar da cututtuka na musculoskeletal.
OSHA ta ba da tarar $ 30,823 don cin zarafi, wanda kamfanin ke jayayya.Wasu cin zarafi da aka gano a cikin 2016 da 2017 da suka shafi bayyanar ma'aikaci ga ammonia da phosphoric acid - wanda ke dauke da ƙarin tara fiye da $ 20,000 - kuma kamfanin ya kalubalanci.
Mai magana da yawun kamfanin Cathy Bassett ta yi magana game da kyautar masana'antu na kwanan nan don amincin ma'aikata da ilimi da horo a waɗannan wuraren, amma ba ta amsa kai tsaye ga cin zarafi da masu binciken OSHA suka gano ba.
"Tsaro ya kasance fifikonmu na farko kuma muhimmin bangare ne na al'adun kamfanoni," in ji ta a cikin imel. "Muna aiki tare da OSHA don gano da gyara matsalolin kafin su zama matsala."
Perdue Farms kuma yana da tarihin haɗari masu alaƙa da ma'aikaci. Gidan Georgetown na Perdue bai sami wani cin zarafi ba, amma ginin Milford yana da aƙalla cin zarafi guda ɗaya a shekara tun 2015, bisa ga bayanan OSHA.
Waɗannan laifukan sun haɗa da munanan raunuka a cikin 2017. A cikin Fabrairu, wani ma'aikaci ya makale a kan na'ura yayin da ake matsa lamba-wake tsarin jigilar kaya, wanda ya sa fata ta faɗi.
Bayan watanni takwas, wani safar hannu na aikin ma'aikaci ya makale a cikin na'ura, yana murƙushe yatsu uku. Wannan rauni ya sa an yanke zobe da yatsun tsakiya na ma'aikaci zuwa ƙugi na farko kuma an cire titin yatsansa.
Joe Forsthoffer, darektan sadarwa a Perdue, ya ce raunin yana da alaƙa da tsarin da ake kira "lockout" ko "tagout" don tabbatar da cewa an rufe kayan aiki kafin a fara duk wani aikin kulawa ko tsaftacewa. Ya ce kamfanin yana aiki tare da na uku. jam'iyya don duba tsarin a matsayin wani ɓangare na ƙudurin OSHA na cin zarafi.
"Muna duba akai-akai da kuma kimanta tsarin amincin masana'antar mu don ci gaba da inganta amincin wurin aiki," in ji shi a cikin imel. "Aikin mu Milford a halin yanzu yana da fiye da sa'o'in samar da tsaro sama da miliyan 1, George Town yana da sa'o'in samar da tsaro kusan miliyan 5, da OSHA. Yawan hatsarin ya ragu sosai fiye da na masana'antun masana'antu baki ɗaya."
Kamfanin ya fuskanci tarar kasa da dala 100,000 tun lokacin da aka keta haddinsa na farko a 2009, wanda jami'an OSHA suka rubuta suna nazarin bayanan yanar gizo, kuma ya biya kaso ne kawai ta hanyar sasantawa na yau da kullun da na yau da kullun.
Please contact reporter Maddy Lauria at (302) 345-0608, mlauria@delawareonline.com or Twitter @MaddyinMilford.