Teenager killed while working at Mississippi poultry plant



A teenager was killed while cleaning machinery at a poultry plant in Mississippi, according to his family. Police confirmed his body was found trapped in a conveyor belt. The company says it relies on staffing agencies and was unaware a minor was working there, adding it would never knowingly put any employee in harm’s way. NBC News’ Julia Ainsley reports.

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19 comments

  1. Soylent Green all over. "It's people!!!"

  2. He was just turned into nuggets for more profit…

  3. To be honest. There is nothing wrong with teenager's working. There should be rules and regulations. During school day's. They can work part-time. In the summertime. They can work full-time. You can't let teenager's work full-time during school. They need their education. I understand. Some households are below the poverty level. Both documented and non-documented teenager's have to work to support themselves. Let them work at summer youth camps. It should be balance. Adults don't want to work because of the minimum wage. The minimum wage in these states is $7.50 an hour. Bring up the minimum wage for the adults. Instead of hiring undocumented teenager's. Both democratics and republicans need to fix this child labor law. Nobody isn't winning.

  4. Oh no, he put his hand on the "mechanically separated chicken parts" machine.

  5. Ask Google this question how many Americans die everyday from fentanyl? The answer is 1 every 8 minutes. And the reason is because the democrats keep the border wide Open to get voters in for them. But nobody says the Anything thing about that.

  6. The US is waging a war on children.

  7. Wouldn’t the parties involved be vindicated if this individual misrepresented his age on his employment application though?

  8. Staffing agency? Investigate practices of such agencies and how they receive and use information

  9. Under obiden's open borders, illegals are dying in horrible conditions.

  10. Legally in the country or not, our Condolences to the family. This fat overwieght country should quit eating chicken, beef and pork anyway. They ate feed wrong, all hormones and antibiotics to the point it's putting us all in an early grave anyway.

  11. JUST ANOTHER REASON WHY YOU DON'T ENTER THE USA ILLEGALLY

    COME HERE LEGALLY OR STAY OUT

  12. Close the border. If it saves just one life……..

  13. Total BS….The company knew full well they have illegals working there they just play that I didnt know game.
    Even if the company was fined it is so small that they will pay it and write it off as a buisness cost
    The owners of all these companies need mandatory prison terms.
    Come on congress rewrite the laws.

  14. What's really in the nuggets?