Slaughterers and Meat Packers

Work in slaughtering, meat packing, or wholesale establishments performing precision functions involving the preparation of meat. Work may include specialized slaughtering tasks, cutting standard or premium cuts of meat for marketing, making sausage, or wrapping meats. Exclude meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers who perform routine, lower-skilled meat cutting.

Food Processing

51-3023

Abattoir workers; Slaughterhouse workers

High risk job tasks associated with this job

• Handle agents that cause allergic contact dermatitis or contact urticaria
• Handle infected animal carcasses or placental tissues
• Touch infected meat or poultry