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| | GAO-05-96, Workplace Safety and Health: Safety in the Meat and Poultry Industry, While Improving, Could Be Further ... |
 | | Meat and poultry workers sustain a range of injuries, including cuts, burns, and repetitive stress injuries, and while, according to BLS, injuries and illnesses in the meat and poultry industry declined from 29.5 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers in 1992 to 14.7 in 2001, the rate was among the highest of any industry. |
 | | Meat and Poultry Workers Are Predominantly Young, Male, and/or Hispanic, and Most Large Plants Are Located in the Midwest and South: Workers in the meat and poultry industry tended to be younger than workers in the manufacturing sector as a whole, and almost all of the workers are employed on a full-time basis. |
 | | Figure 5: Nature of Injuries Sustained by Meat and Poultry Workers and Parts of the Body Affected: [See PDF for image] [End of figure] As shown in figure 6, workers in the meat and poultry industry typically wear several types of safety and other equipment in an effort to protect themselves from injury and illness. |
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