Meatpacking Plant Sued For Wrongful Death of Minor
The estate of a 17-year-old who was killed in a forklift accident at an Omaha meatpacking plant has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Greater Omaha Packing Company. The company has also been fined by the U.S. Department of Labor in connection with the accident. According to the lawsuit Miguel Herrera-Soltero was working in unsafe conditions at the plant when he died. He was driving a forklift on a ramp at the plant when the machine tipped and fell off the ramp.
The lawsuit alleges that Greater Omaha Packing Co., was negligent in failing to have a protective guardrail on the ramp. As a result of the accident the U.S. Department of Labor fined the company $100,000 for violating child labor laws in connection with the fatal accident. With many companies breaking unions in this country the working conditions inside many factories is getting worse.
