"Australia's biggest meat company JBS is repeatedly failing to protect its workers from horrific injuries", 26 April 2022

The grieving mother of a young man who was killed while working for global meat giant JBS says the multi-billion-dollar company is refusing to pay for her son's funeral costs and ambulance bill.

[...]

A Four Corners investigation has found JBS Australia has an appalling track record in the workplace, repeatedly failing to protect its workers from death or serious injuries — including hand amputations and third-degree burns.

[...]

JBS pleaded guilty to exposing its workers to a risk of death or serious injury and was convicted in November 2020.

[...]

The judge found these incidents "ought to have put [JBS] squarely on notice of the risks to their workers".

[...]

JBS Australia didn't answer Four Corners' questions about its worker safety failings or its refusal to pay Warwick's family for his funeral costs and the ambulance bill, which amounted to about $12,000.

In a statement, the company said it's "a proud Australian corporate citizen with a strong brand and reputation".

[...]

For 19-year-old John Kiriona-Hodge [...] suffered second and third degree burns from his feet up to his thighs.

[...]

JBS pleaded guilty to two charges but was found not guilty of a recklessness charge.

A magistrate found JBS knew there was a safety problem with the sticking tripe and failed to fix it.

The company was fined $150,000.

[...]

An investigation by Four Corners has found JBS has been convicted at least six times in the past six years and fined almost $700,000 over serious safety breaches.

[...]