Swine Processing Line Speed Evaluation Study

Carisa Harris-Adamson, Robert Harrison, Melissa Afterman, Alan Barr, Sheiphali Gandhi, Matthew O. Gribble, Frederick Houghton, Jenny Houlroyd and David Rempel

No 404219, USDA Miscellaneous from United States Department of Agriculture

Abstract: Excerpt from the Executive Summary: The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) contracted with a research team from the University of California, San Francisco, (UCSF) to study the impact of evisceration line speed on worker safety in swine processing establishments. The scope of work was to “assist the FSIS in assessing the relationship between evisceration line speed in young chicken and swine slaughter establishments and the scope, magnitude, and factors that influence worker safety and health risks for establishment employees impacted by the speed of the slaughter line.” The study team evaluated the impact of evisceration line speed on work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and antimicrobial-related respiratory symptoms. This report summarizes the findings for swine processing establishments.

Keywords: Health Economics and Policy; Labor and Human Capital; Livestock Production/Industries; Risk and Uncertainty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 124
Date: 2025-01
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.404219

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