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The meat slaughtering, processing, and packaging
industry has long been associated with a high rate of accidents,
injuries, and illnesses. The following references aid in recognizing workplace hazards within the meat packing industry.
- American Meat Institute Fact Sheet: Worker Safety in the Meat and Poultry Industry. American Meat
Institute (2002), 446 KB PDF,
3 pages. This publication describes the AMI's purpose, background,
voluntary guidelines, and gives injury and illness rates.
- Meat packing plants have the highest rate of repeated trauma disorders.
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Monthly Labor Review (MLR)
(1999, August 5), 2 pages. This review includes statistics
on meat packing plants, which have the highest rate of repeated
trauma disorders.
- Safety and Health Statistics for Meat Packing Plants. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) (1997,
March), 5 KB PDF,
1 page. This page provides statistics on industries with the
highest nonfatal total cases incidence rates.
- Self-Inspection
Checklists. OSHA Office of Training and Education (OTE)
(1997, May), 12 pages. This general checklist includes sections
such as Lockout/Tagout and Electrical and are designed to help
employers identify hazards in the workplace.
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