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FILE - In this May 2020, file photo, Tyson s Fresh Meat workers file in for a tour of safety measures put into place after the plant in Waterloo, Iowa, had to shut down due to a COVID-19 outbreak. The family of a Tyson Foods employee are alleging in a lawsuit that he died from COVID-19 after the meat processing giant failed to implement safety protocols to guard against the coronavirus at the Iowa plant where he worked. (Brandon Pollock/The Courier via AP, File)
IOWA CITY Tyson Foods has fired seven top managers at its largest pork plant after an independent investigation confirmed allegations that they bet on how many workers would test positive for the coronavirus, the company announced Wednesday.
Tyson fires managers for betting on COVID cases
Iowa pork plant cans 7 top staffers after conducting pandemic betting inquiry December 16, 2020 by Ryan J. Foley, The Associated Press, Iowa City, Iowa
Tyson Foods has fired seven top managers at its largest pork plant in Waterloo, Iowa after an independent investigation into allegations that they bet on how many workers would test positive for the coronavirus, the company announced Wednesday.
The company said the investigation led by former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder revealed troubling behaviour that resulted in the firings at the plant. An outbreak centred around the plant infected more than 1,000 employees, at least six of whom died.
Send Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale fires seven plant managers after an investigation into allegations of a COVID-19 betting pool at its pork production plant in Waterloo, Iowa.
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Tyson facing another lawsuit over employee COVID-19 death
by The Associated Press
Last Updated Dec 16, 2020 at 12:58 pm EDT
STORM LAKE, Iowa The family of a Tyson Foods employee are alleging in a lawsuit that he died from COVID-19 after the meat processing giant failed to implement safety protocols to guard against the coronavirus at the Iowa plant where he worked.
Michael Everhard, 65, of Fonda, died of COVID-19 June 18, three weeks after being diagnosed with the virus. His family contends he became infected at the Storm Lake plant, where he worked for 27 years, The Sioux City Journal reported.
The lawsuit, filed by Everhard’s three children, argues that Tyson and its managers required him and other employees to continue working in an environment “rife with coronavirus” and didn’t implement safety precautions to protect them from contracting the virus, Storm Lake attorney Willis Hamilton said.
Updated: 6:32 AM CST Dec 16, 2020 The family of a man who died from COVID-19 while working at a Tyson pork plant in Storm Lake has filed a lawsuit accusing the company and several plant executives of gross negligence.Michael Everhard, 65, of Fonda, died June 18, three weeks after being diagnosed with the virus. His family contends he caught the virus at the plant, where he worked for 27 years, The Sioux City Journal reported.The lawsuit argues Tyson and its managers required Everhard to continue working in an environment ârife with coronavirusâ and didnât implement safety precautions to protect him and other workers from contracting the virus, Storm Lake attorney Willis Hamilton said in the lawsuit, filed Friday in Buena Vista County District Court.Everhardâs three children are seeking an unspecified amount of damages from the company.A Tyson spokeswoman defended the companyâs efforts to protect its workers from the virus.âOur top priority is