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Animals suffer for meat production – and abattoir workers do too (theconversation.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Correlation isn't causation. It's just as likely that jobs like this attract people already numbed to violence.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

The article also talks about physical injuries as well. The injury rate is uniquely high for meatpacking

Together, poultry slaughtering and processing companies reported more severe injuries to the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) than many industries that are popularly recognized as hazardous, such as sawmills, industrial building construction, and oil and gas well drilling

https://www.hrw.org/report/2019/09/04/when-were-dead-and-buried-our-bones-will-keep-hurting/workers-rights-under-threat