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62. Jordan Barab especially keeps tab on current OSHA operations. He used to have a blog.

Mon Apr 13, 2020, 07:53 AM

Apr 2020

http://jordanbarab.com/confinedspace/

He doesn't have time for it anymore.

I don’t know if this is good news or bad news, but I’ve decided to throw off the shackles of retirement and start full time work at the Education and Labor Committee in the House of Representatives tomorrow morning. That means that this will be my last regular Confined Space post.

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Smithfield shutting U.S. pork plant indefinitely, warns of meat shortages during pandemic [View all] turbinetree Apr 2020 OP

Smithfield SUCKS as a company ... so I'm not going to lament this too much ... mr_lebowski Apr 2020 #1

Smithfield is owned by Chinese now. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2020 #39

Yep Me. Apr 2020 #53

I have a hard time imagining this. Consider the logistics. mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2020 #64

You're Right, They Kill Them First Before Shipping THem To China Me. Apr 2020 #66

But they don't send the hogs back to the US. mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2020 #68

Not Sure I Believe That Me. Apr 2020 #69

Glad I stocked up on beans and rice jpak Apr 2020 #2

good. Less cruelty to pigs. Eat lentils, beans, nuts, quinoa, tofu instead Demovictory9 Apr 2020 #3

+1 Good nutrition important more than ever, especially for those at highest risk flibbitygiblets Apr 2020 #42

exactly. Bacon's good for no one (human or animal) Demovictory9 Apr 2020 #50

Agreed!!! n/t Coventina Apr 2020 #46

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Yep. Been getting by without eating pig for at least 30 years now. klook Apr 2020 #72

I think it's more like people tasted their briny ham tavernier Apr 2020 #4

Reminds me of this incredible article: OSHA: employers don't have to record COVID-19 cases progree Apr 2020 #5

This requires some clarification. mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2020 #15

You and I may have a difference about which provides clarification to which progree Apr 2020 #45

Jordan Barab, who was OSHA Deputy Assistant Secretary from 2009 to 2017, mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2020 #59

Thanks much for these former OSHA-ite perspectives 😂 n/t progree Apr 2020 #61

Jordan Barab especially keeps tab on current OSHA operations. He used to have a blog. mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2020 #62

afraid pork will be the next most-hoarded item RussBLib Apr 2020 #6

That is if you can find bacon and ham on the shelves. mwooldri Apr 2020 #8

There's no shortage of spiral-sliced ham in the DC-area. mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2020 #10

The last time I checked, the processed meats were all gone from the shelves at Walmart. mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2020 #19

it will be all meat before too soon as the US meat packing goes done for months beachbumbob Apr 2020 #21

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This is the next domino to drop. Nearby Greeley beef packing plant is fighting the same thing. hlthe2b Apr 2020 #7

It will start hitting the warehouses next customerserviceguy Apr 2020 #12

Yes we were (are). The PTB could care less who lives or dies. As long as their bottom line is safe. Evolve Dammit Apr 2020 #48

Thanks for the heads-up. I'm headed to the store to buy all the scrapple I can. mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2020 #9

Do you have roots in PA? IronLionZion Apr 2020 #27

Not in the last two hundred years. mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2020 #35

Oooo... BumRushDaShow Apr 2020 #30

I just can't see long lines of shoppers with carts full of scrapple, or fights in the aisle over mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2020 #34

I remember trying Rapa BumRushDaShow Apr 2020 #36

Taylor Pork Roll kicks scrapple's ass jberryhill Apr 2020 #52

LOL BumRushDaShow Apr 2020 #55

Hardly anyone makes Scrapple in the Midwest AwakeAtLast Apr 2020 #31

I grew up in Amish country Rural_Progressive Apr 2020 #67

My husband is PA Dutch AwakeAtLast Apr 2020 #73

"perilously close to the edge" in supplies for grocers. left-of-center2012 Apr 2020 #11

Meat first customerserviceguy Apr 2020 #13

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Which...that people are sick or that they are out of work? Maeve Apr 2020 #22

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They are owned by a Chinese company anyway Sucha NastyWoman Apr 2020 #16

The same thing happened here in PA with Cargill (and other) plants BumRushDaShow Apr 2020 #17

food riots are rarely good for incumbent dictators bucolic_frolic Apr 2020 #18

Didn't a wise man once say .. jb5150 Apr 2020 #20

So the truth has finally went public. Wellstone ruled Apr 2020 #24

Issues at Iowa Facilities econron Apr 2020 #57

Thanks for the info. Wellstone ruled Apr 2020 #58

Maybe Shes Trying to Win the Apprentice econron Apr 2020 #71

This is a BAD Thing? Nacht Owl Apr 2020 #25

So what! This isn't about that. jimfields33 Apr 2020 #29

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Smithfield Co. "To be or not to be?" spike jones Apr 2020 #32

there are already shortages of everything and will continue for months. nt yaesu Apr 2020 #33

I needed to cut back on meat anyway as its both pricey and cstanleytech Apr 2020 #37

"perilously close to the edge" in supplies for grocers. Maxheader Apr 2020 #38

No pork butts for you Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2020 #40

Every Good Age of MAGA warrior knows,,,,, Cryptoad Apr 2020 #44

So Trump gonna have problem... Joe Bacon Apr 2020 #49

Not just b/c of all the employees diagnosed with CV, no_hypocrisy Apr 2020 #51

They got most of their pork from China. AJT Apr 2020 #54

Whoa, for real? obamanut2012 Apr 2020 #60

This seems unlikely. mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2020 #63

No, they don't get any pork from China Yeehah Apr 2020 #65

Ahhhh. Sorry. AJT Apr 2020 #70

Sad for the workers, but otherwise not a doomsday event DarthDem Apr 2020 #56

The entire "muh bacon" crowd just shit their collective pants. Codeine Apr 2020 #74

Oh my ck4829 Apr 2020 #75