Mar-Jac Poultry MS, LLC (Mar-Jac), processes poultry on two machines called eviscerators at its Hattiesburg, Mississippi, facility. On May 31, 2021, an employee tasked with cleaning chicken parts and viscera from the eviscerators and areas around them suffered fatal injuries when he was caught in one of the machines. Mar-Jac notified the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) of the accident. Following an inspection and investigation by Compliance Safety and Health Officer Patrick Whavers and Jermaine Davis, an authorized representative of the Secretary who was training at the time, OSHA issued a Citation and Notification of Penalty (Citation) to Mar-Jac on November 22, 2021, alleging serious violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29 U.S.C. §§ 651-678 (Act).