Editing Slaughterhouse (section)

===Slaughterhouse mortality impact===
American slaughterhouse workers are three times more likely to suffer serious injury than the average American worker.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/meatpacking/index.html |title=Meatpacking |website=Occupational Safety and Health Administration |access-date=23 May 2019}}</ref> [[NPR]] reports that pig and cattle slaughterhouse workers are nearly seven times more likely to suffer [[Repetitive strain injury|repetitive strain injuries]] than average.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/08/11/489468205/working-the-chain-slaughterhouse-workers-face-lifelong-injuries |title=Working 'The Chain,' Slaughterhouse Workers Face Lifelong Injuries |last=Lowe  |first=Peggy |date=11 August 2016 |website=National Public Radio |access-date=23 May 2019}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' reports that on average there are two amputations a week involving slaughterhouse workers in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/05/amputations-serious-injuries-us-meat-industry-plant |title=Two amputations a week: the cost of working in a US meat plant  |date=5 July 2018 |website=The Guardian |access-date=23 May 2019}}</ref> On average, one employee of [[Tyson Foods]], the largest meat producer in America, is injured and amputates a finger or limb per month.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/coralewis/americas-largest-meat-producer-one-amputation-per-month#.pxxm3zY5Z |title=America's Largest Meat Producer Averages One Amputation Per Month |last=Lewis  |first=Cora |date=18 February 2018 |website=Buzzfeed News |access-date=23 May 2019}}</ref> The Bureau of Investigative Journalism reported that over a period of six years, in the [[UK]] 78 slaughter workers lost fingers, parts of fingers or limbs, more than 800 workers had serious injuries, and at least 4,500 had to take more than three days off after accidents.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2018-07-29/uk-meat-plant-injuries |title=Revealed: Shocking safety record of UK meat plants |date=29 July 2018 |website=The Bureau of Investigative Journalism  |access-date=23 May 2019}}</ref> In a 2018 study in the Italian Journal of Food Safety, slaughterhouse workers are instructed to wear ear protectors to protect their hearing from the loud noises in the facility.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Francesca Iulietto |first1=Maria |last2=Sechi |first2=Paola |date=3 July 2018 |title=Noise assessment in slaughterhouses by means of a smartphone app |journal=Italian Journal of Food Safety |volume=7 |issue=2 |pages=7053 |doi=10.4081/ijfs.2018.7053 |pmid=30046554 |pmc=6036995 }}</ref> A 2004 study in the ''Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine'' found that "excess risks were observed for mortality from all causes, all cancers, and lung cancer" in workers employed in the New Zealand meat processing industry.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=McLean |first1=D |last2=Cheng |first2=S |date=June 2004 |title=Mortality and cancer incidence in New Zealand meat workers |journal=Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |volume=61 |issue=6 |pages=541–47 |doi=10.1136/oem.2003.010587 |pmid=15150395 |pmc=1763658 }}</ref>