TWO WORKER DEATHS IN JANUARY SHOW NEED FOR REFORMS IN U.S. POULTRY SLAUGHTERHOUSES

SAN DIEGO – On Monday, January 6th, Gabriel Seth Brutley, 35, died at a JBS/Pilgrim’s Pride plant in Guntersville, Alabama. He lost his life to a mechanical lift. The company is not releasing more details about this tragedy. On Wednesday, January 15th, Chit Tuay, 38, died at a Fieldale Farms plant in Murrayville, Georgia. Tuay died while cleaning a scalder – a machine used in poultry processing – when he fell into the equipment and broke his neck. “Neither of these tragic deaths was an ‘accident,’” said Jessica Martinez, co-executive director […]