Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up, OSHA NEWS—Fresh-cut vegetable processing company subject to proposed penalties of over $1.1M, (Dec 2, 2025)
Organizations Mentioned:Taylor Fresh Foods, Inc. | U.S. Department of Labor
By Brandi O. Brown, J.D.
A worker fatality at a New Jersey facility led to an inspection, which uncovered willful and repeated violations.
An employer has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor for willful and repeated safety violations following a worker’s death from injuries sustained cleaning and sanitizing a machine at a processing facility in Swedesboro, New Jersey. OSHA inspectors determined that Taylor Farms, a subsidiary of Taylor Fresh Foods Inc., failed to implement proper lockout/tagout procedures to protect workers from severe injuries during sanitation activities.
OSHA cited Taylor Farms for 16 safety violations related to those failures, as well as the failure to implement those requirements or provide training on them. The agency has proposed penalties totaling $1,125,484. Moreover, the onsite temporary employment agency—PL Solutions Group LLC, operating as People Logistics—was cited for three serious violations, carrying proposed penalties of over $33,000.
The company has 15 business days from receipt of the citations and penalties to comply, request an informal OSHA conference, or contest the findings.
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