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19 Jul 2023

Autor:
Laura Strickler, Didi Martinez and Damià Bonmatí, Noticias Telemundo, NBC News (USA)

USA: Mar-Jac Poultry denies knowing 16 year old Guatemalan worker who died in a worksite accident was underage

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"Poultry plant blames staffing company for hiring 16-year-old who was killed in workplace accident,"

A Mississippi poultry plant said Wednesday that it had no idea a 16-year-boy who was killed in an on-the-job accident was a minor.

The victim, a Guatemalan immigrant named Duvan Tomas Perez, died July 14 after he became entangled in machinery that he was cleaning, Mar-Jac Poultry said in a statement.

"The tragedy was compounded when we learned that the victim was a minor," the company said.

Mar-Jac Poultry said it relies on staffing companies to fill positions, and it's a condition of their contracts to verify the ages and immigration status of prospective hires with the Department of Homeland Security and through the government's E-Verify electronic system...