TUCKER, Ga. and WASHINGTON — The U.S. Poultry & Egg Association and the National Chicken Council have released a white paper to refute claims made in a recent report released by the Southern Poverty Law Center and Alabama Appleseed Center for Law & Justice and to provide facts about the poultry industry and its approach to worker safety.
The report, "Unsafe At These Speeds," begins by stating that injuries in the poultry industry are much more frequent than for the private workforce as a whole, citing 2010 Occupational Safety & Health Administration data. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported. . .