The lawsuit, filed in federal district court in Pennsylvania, is based on a complaint that attorneys working on behalf of the workers filed with OSHA in May. The complaint accused Maid-Rite of failing to provide adequate protective gear or social distancing on the processing lines. ADADThe lawsuit claims that OSHA failed to adequately respond to that complaint, as it is required to do. While OSHA hasn’t responded to a request for comment on this lawsuit, the agency did respond to the workers complaint from May, according to supporting documents included in the lawsuit. “Since the complaint was filed with OSHA, almost nothing has changed at Maid-Rite,” each of the statements say.

Source: Washington Post July 23, 2020 15:03 UTC