Health and Safety Guide for Meat Packing, Poultry Dressing, and Sausage Manufacturing Plants

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  This guide, prepared in the Technical Information Development Branch of NIOSH, contains information gathered from state and federal agencies, trade associations, insurance companies, and from in-plant visits. The aim of the guide is to assist in providing a safe and healthful workplace by describing safe practices and helping to correct some of the more frequently encountered violations of the safety and health standards. Health and safety guidelines are given concerning employee training, good housekeeping and fire prevention, automatic sprinkler systems, occupational health and environmental control, power tools, and special hazards. Frequently violated regulations concerning walking and working surfaces, exits and exit markings, entry to confined spaces, occupational noise exposure, hazardous materials, personal protective equipment, sanitation, medical and first aid, fire extinguishers, materials handling and storage, machinery and machine guarding, hand and portable powered tools, and the national electrical code are discussed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Protective-measures Safety-attitude Safety-devices Safety-education Safety-engineering Safety-equipment Safety-factors Safety-measures Safety-personnel Safety-practices Safety-programs

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• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Guidance
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DTS - Division of Technical Services
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-72
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00071265
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-274194
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 77-127, 1977 Jan; :1-72
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/209278/cdc_209278_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.85 MB ]