Occupational Injuries in the Meatpacking Industry, United States, 1976–1981

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• Alternative Title:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): CDC Surveillance Summaries, June 1, 1985/Vol.34/No. 1S: Occupational Injuries in the Meatpacking Industry, United States, 1976–1981
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Surveillance Summaries
• Personal Author:
  Leffingwell, Sanford S. ; Mahaffey, Kathryn R. ; Pezaro, Alan
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Division of Safety Research
• Description:
  A review of data from accidents in the meat packing industry (SIC- 2011) identified ten occupations which accounted for 83% of the injuries. Of these ten, meatcutters, laborers, material handlers, and miscellaneous operators accounted for 70%. Meatcutters (40.8%) and laborers (20.3%) were injured most often. The largest proportion of injuries involved knives and saws, meat products, and containers; knives and saws were associated with 22.6% of all injuries and meat products with 11.7%. Knives and saws caused over half the injuries to meatcutters and 22% to laborers. Sprains and strains, cuts and lacerations, and contusions constituted nearly 75% of all injuries; sprains and strains were involved in 31.1% and cuts and lacerations made up 30.5%. Finger injuries accounted for 24%, back injuries for 15.7%, and hand, arm, and wrist injuries for 22.5%. In response to this analysis, NIOSH was to make recommendations concerning risk factors within the meat packing industry. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Food Handling Food Industry Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-statistics Hand-injuries Meat-handlers Meat-packing-industry NIOSH-Author Occupational-accidents Risk-analysis Risk-factors
• Source:
  Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. (MMWR): Surveillance Summaries, 1985; v. 34, no. 1, p. 29-32 (4 pdf pages)
• Series:
  Surveillance Summaries: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  1546-0738 (print) ; 1545-8636 (digital)
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSDTT - Division of Standards Development and Technology Transfer ; DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• Volume:
  34
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00205906
• Citation:
  MMWR Surveill Summ 1985 Jun; 34(SS-1):29SS-32SS
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1985
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2011 - Meat packing plants - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9a4a60f779301fe936a89687d50c80ced6fca7fa517b64886b9770181ff32aad0e0ccd2aef7807f4997aab4a5ae6c11d6a3fc339d7ee17f8137383adccc4e9fe
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/182974/cdc_182974_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 693.66 KB ]