Slaughtering and rendering plants.

Details

• Description:
  Establishments for slaughtering and rendering animals for meat products under Group Industry No. 201 are classified as meatpacking plants, sausage and other prepared meat, poultry dressing plants, and poultry and eggs processing. The major processing steps are slaughtering, curing and processing, and rendering. Knife accidents are the principal type of disabling accidents. Poisoning by carbon- dioxide (124389) used for anesthetizing the animals before slaughtering can lead to accidents with knives and machinery. Other hazards are caused by carbon-monoxide (630080) from trucks and space heaters in poorly ventilated spaces, and hydrogen-sulfide (7783064) and methane (74828) from decomposing organic matter in closed areas such as trucks. Workers may also be exposed to bacterial diseases. (Contract No. 210-77-0120) [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Bacterial Infections Food-Processing Industry Food Handling Food Industry Hazardous Substances Livestock Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Contract; Contract-210-77-0120; Slaughterhouses; Food-processing-industry; Industrial-emission-sources; Meat-packing-industry; Food-processing; Bacterial-infections; Toxic-gases; Food-processing-workers
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Guidance
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  321-326
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00075439
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1977 Oct; :321-326
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon dioxide (CAS RN 124-38-9) ; Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0) ; Hydrogen sulfide (CAS RN 7783-06-4) ; Methane (CAS RN 74-82-8)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Information Profiles on Potential Occupational Hazards, NIOSH Contract No. 210-77-0120, October 1977
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/247457/cdc_247457_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]