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In rare case, a large meatpacking plant is being forced to address workers’ repetitive motion injuries
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Repetitive motion injuries are common among meatpacking workers, but citations are rare, especially over the past several years.
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Repetitive motion injuries are common among meatpacking workers, but citations are rare, especially over the past several years.
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The Tyson revelation is one finding in a new congressional report that details the myriad ways meat executives and sympathetic government allies influenced federal coronavirus response at the expense of worker safety.
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