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Workers Walk Out After Fourth Death At Smithfield Meat Plant (plantbasednews.org)
submitted 1 week ago by to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/53152091

Following an anonymous complaint in February, OSHA inspected the plant and fined Smithfield Foods $9,931.60 after observing workers’ exposure to “amputation hazards.” This was preceded by serious citations in 2021, 2023, and 2025.

Working in a slaughterhouse is extremely dangerous. In the US, there are approximately two amputations per week, primarily due to the industry’s poor working conditions and excessively fast pace.

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As reported by KWQC, the leaders also acknowledged “community concerns” over a backlog of rendering material – animal waste, internal organs, and decaying meat – being stored outside the plant, causing a strong, unpleasant smell in the city.

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[–] [S] 13 points 1 week ago

Also, worth checking out the Wikipedia categories with a long list of the questionable things. There's so much more than what I listed, sadly

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Ethically_disputed_business_practices_towards_animals

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Ethically_disputed_research_practices_towards_animals

There's a lot of topcis that aren't even articles on Wikipedia too

Or if you want to see something more visually disturbing, there's a good documentary called Dominion which covers a lot of these industries horrifying practices

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