Meat industry
These are the most common injuries and hazards for people working in the meat industry, as shown by injury claims.
Safety solutions
WorkSafe expects employers to have safety solutions in place to protect workers from the most common sources of injury.
Injury Hotspot skeleton diagram, text information below.
Hazards and Solutions
- Hazard 1 Butchering boning and cutting
- Hazard 2 Knives
- Hazard 3 Lifting and handling
- Hazard 4 Noise
- Hazard 5 Slips trips and falls
- Hazard 6 Zoonoses