Poultry Processing Line Speed Evaluation Study (PULSE)

Carisa Harris-Adamson, Robert Harrison, Melissa Afterman, Alan Barr, Sheiphali Gandhi, Frederick Houghton, Elizabeth Noth and David Rempel

No 413139, USDA Miscellaneous from United States Department of Agriculture

Abstract: In November of 2022, the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) funded a research team from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) 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 scope of work included evaluating the impact of evisceration line speed on the risk of (i) acute and chronic work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and (ii) antimicrobial-related respiratory exposure. Between November 2023 and April 2024, the Poultry Processing Line Speed Evaluation (PULSE) study team enrolled 1,047 poultry processing establishment workers at eleven New Poultry Inspection System (NPIS) establishments operating at evisceration line speeds between 140 and 175 birds per minute (BPM). The study team conducted surveys and medical interviews and took measurements of ergonomic exposures and airborne peracetic acid (PAA) concentrations. Data from the surveys, interviews, and exposure measures were analyzed and the key findings are presented in this report.

Keywords: Health Economics and Policy; Labor and Human Capital; Livestock Production/Industries; Risk and Uncertainty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 104
Date: 2025-01
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.413139

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