Source: Tom Johnston, MEATINGPLACE, 8/27/18


Southeastern Provision, Tennessee meatpacker whose owner pleaded guilty to criminal charges related to hiring and paying undocumented workers, is now facing a fine for safety violations.

Tennessee’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (TOSHA) is ringing up the company for $41,775 dollars on 27 alleged safety violations, 23 of which were categorized as “serious” due to the risk of serious physical harm or death they posed to workers. The two TOSHA citations can be found here and here.

TOSHA’s probes followed quickly in April after the Immigration and Customs Enforcement bureau raided the Southeastern Provision plantin Grainger County, Tenn., and arrested 97 people suspected of illegal immigration.

A week ago, the company’s owner, James Brantley, filed guilty pleas covering two counts of willful failure to collect or pay employment taxes, one count of wire fraud and one count of employment of unauthorized aliens.    

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