Fast Food Nation Chapter 8

What kinds of injuries do workers in meatpacking plants typically suffer?
Workers in meatpacking plants suffer from mandy different things. Some of these things include back problems, shoulder problems, carpal tunnel syndrome, and trigger finger. They suffer from tendinitis and cumulative trauma disorders. They sometimes stab themselves with their own knifes or they stab somebody working nearby.
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Whats the impact on workers of speading up the line in meatpacking plants?
As the line in meatpacking plants spead up, the injury rate at the slaughter houses increases. The workers are desperate not to fall behind. "Trying to keep up with the flow of the meat, they often neglect to resharpen their knives and place more stress on their bodies." Since they are so close to each other they might also hurt other people. The faster they work the more likely they are to get hurt.
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What has been the impact of allowing plants to maintain their own injury logs?
Allowing plants to maintain their own injury logs have caused the plants to lie about many serious injuries that occur. They fail to report and mislead investigators. Many keep two logs. One for all the injuries that occured and the second one for only the injuries that they let people know about.
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