Two amputations a week: the cost of working in a US meat plant
Story Date: 7/9/2018

 

Source: THE GUARDIAN, 7/5/18

Amputations, fractured fingers, second-degree burns and head trauma are just some of the serious injuries suffered by US meat plant workers every week, according to data seen by the Guardian and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.
US meat workers are already three times more likely to suffer serious injury than the average American worker…

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