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Home » Keywords: » workplace injuries

Items Tagged with 'workplace injuries'

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Ohio processor fails to guard machine's moving parts, leads to amputation injury

Kitchen worker suffers a finger amputation due to contact with moving machine parts.
Industry News
December 12, 2023
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OSHA assesses Zwanenberg Food Group USA with $242,000 in proposed penalties.


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Room for improvement in meat & poultry worker safety

A greater focus on worker safety by meat and poultry processors has led to declines in injuries and accidents, but more can be done.
Rich Mitchell
Richard Mitchell
June 11, 2019
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Meat and poultry plants are becoming increasingly safer environments for workers in all positions.
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Poultry Processing Workers
Poultry Perspectives

Poultry industry approaches milestone on ergonomics

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Matt Spencer
June 6, 2019
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For almost 35 years, the poultry industry has been at the forefront of efforts to reduce musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in the workplace.
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Poultry plant employee killed in accident

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October 8, 2018
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The employee suffered serious head trauma while changing the battery on a pallet jack.
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Taking the initiative in worker safety

A Deli Star production manager devises a better, safer smokehouse cart after a workplace injury.
Sam Gazdziak
September 5, 2017
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When a workplace injury occurs, a company will look at the incident from every possible angle, determining what exactly went wrong and how to prevent it from happening again. In the case of Brett Hanvey, he took it upon himself to design a better solution after suffering an injury of his own.


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Worker injuries result in fines of $82,500 to Canadian meat processor

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May 23, 2016
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The company pleaded guilty for two separate incidents in which workers suffered hand injuries.
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Is there a ‘doctor’ in the house?

Healing workers’ comp costs through onsite treatment programs.
Janice Berthold
August 7, 2015
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It all starts with a workplace injury. ... And once that happens, a chain of events takes place, most of them bad.


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Meat & poultry industry illness, non-fatal injury rate reaches all-time low

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December 15, 2014
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In 2013, there were 5.7 cases of occupational injuries and illnesses per 100 workers in the meat and poultry sector, compared to 6.3 in 2012.
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Poultry industry continues to improve worker safety record

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December 12, 2014
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Injury and illness rates down from year ago and down 80 percent since 1994.
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Employee Matters

Workplace injuries: Is 35 the new 65?

New study shows a seismic shift in the definition of “older workers” on the job, and shows that the workers’ comp game has changed.
Kevin Ring
January 23, 2014
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The workforce is getting older. People are retiring later in life than ever before.
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