Tennessee firm hired kids to clean head splitters and other dangerous equipment in meat plants, feds allege

CBS News - For more and to sign up click here The U.S. Department of Labor is alleging a Tennessee firm illegally employed children as young as 13, some of whom were found to be cleaning dangerous equipment like head splitters and jaw pullers in meat processing plants during overnight shifts.The development comes as part of an ongoing probe into whether migrant kids are cleaning U.S. slaughterhouses and less than…