Duvan Tomas Perez Death – On Wednesday, a poultry plant in Mississippi stated that it had no information that a 16-year-old teenager who had been killed in an on-the-job accident was a juvenile. The youngster died in the workplace accident. According to a statement released by Mar-Jac Poultry, the victim was a Guatemalan immigrant named Duvan Tomas Perez. He passed away on July 14 as a result of becoming caught in machinery when he was cleaning it.
Teenager died in Mississippi workplace accident
According to Mar-Jac Poultry, the company relies on staffing businesses to fill positions, and a condition of their contracts is to verify the ages and immigration status of prospective workers with the Department of Homeland Security and through the electronic system used by the government known as E-Verify. Investigations into the accident have been initiated by both the Occupational Safety and Health Administration as well as the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor.
Workers under the age of 18 are not permitted to be employed in poultry processing factories since this type of employment is regarded as being excessively hazardous and is therefore considered to be in violation of child labor rules. A police report states that when officers arrived at the business in Hattiesburg at approximately 7:40 p.m., the body of Duvan was found to be entrapped on a conveyor belt.
It was determined that he had passed away at the site. According to his relatives, Duvan was a student in middle school when he moved to the United States from the village of Huispache in Guatemala approximately six years ago. Cipriano Chun Gabriel, a friend of the family, bemoaned the fact that Duvan’s family travelled to the United States in the hope of finding a better life, but instead they found tragedy.
The death of Duvan comes at a time when the administration of Vice President Joe Biden is cracking down on infractions of child labor laws concerning migrants. Condolences are been sent to the family members of Duvan Tomas Perez who passed away after Mississippi workplace accident.
Duvan Tomas Perez obituary and funeral arrangements will be released by family members
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