Third Circuit Rejects Covid-19 Imminent Danger OSHA Claim (1)

A group of meatpacking plant workers lost their bid for a court order compelling the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to protect them from Covid-19 at their workplace, after the Third Circuit affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of the case.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Tuesday by 3-0 vote upheld U.S. District Judge Malachy Mannion’sMarch 30, 2021, ruling that he lacked jurisdiction to order OSHA to force Maid-Rite Specialty LLC Foods in Dunmore, Pa., to take the measures the workers sought after an outbreak there.

The Philadelphia-based appellate panel’s decision issued Tuesday adds another ...