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Workers Walk Out After Fourth Death At Smithfield Meat Plant (plantbasednews.org)

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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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[–] Jack@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Every year hundreds of billions of animals are kept in torturous conditions on factory farms. About 1% of the billions of factory farmed chickens per year are boiled alive (the color of their meat looks different when they're not killed before being boiled).

Every year about 1-3 trillion fish are slowly (can take 10 minutes) tortured to death (crushing and/or suffocation) by fishing companies and factory farms.