date:Jun 30, 2012
t from a manager for water reclamation at a Pilgrim's chicken processing plant in Mount Pleasant. The manager had alerted the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) when process and storm water containing excessive amounts of chromium, lead and mercury were discharged into the environment, OSHA said. According to the complainant, Pilgrim's Pride said the TCEQ did not need to be notified and that sharing the information was not in the company's best interest. The manager was consequentl