The incidence of occupational injuries and illnesses within the poultry sector’s slaughter and processing workforce has fallen by 80 percent over the last 20 years and continues to decline according to the 2013 Injury and Illness Report recently released by the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Poultry processing’s 2013 rate of 4. 5 represents an outstanding 80.2 percent decrease from 199 4 (the oldest data available on the BLS website), w hen the recorded rate was 22.7. This demonstrates the enormous progress the industry has made in improving safety for its workforce.
The total recordable poultry processing illness and injury rate for 201 3 was 4.5 cases per 100 full - time workers (per year), down from 4.9 in 2012 . In terms of injuries per 100 full time workers, the poultry industry’s rate of 4.5 was below the rate of 5.7 for all animal slaughter and processing and only slightly above the rate of 4.0 for the entire manufacturing sector.
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