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- Tendinitis and cumulative trauma disorders are also quite common.†
p. 173.2 *cumulative = increased by a series of additions
- Indeed, the rate of these cumulative trauma injuries in the meatpacking industry is far higher than the rate in any other American industry.†
p. 173.3
- In 1987 IBP was fined $2.6 million by OSHA for underreporting injuries and later fined an additional $3.1 million for the high rate of cumulative trauma injuries at the Dakota City plant.†
p. 180.8
- But when injuries are less visible (such as those stemming from cumulative trauma) the meatpackers often prolong the whole workers' comp process through litigation, insisting upon hearings and filing seemingly endless appeals.†
p. 185.1
- It began to draw up the first ergonomics standards for the nation's manufacturers, aiming to reduce cumulative trauma disorders.†
p. 185.7
- But when at least one-third of meatpacking workers are injured every year, when the causes of those injuries are well known, when the means to prevent those injuries are readily available and yet not applied, there is nothing accidental about the lacerations, amputations, cumulative traumas, and deaths in the meatpacking industry.†
p. 265.3
Definitions:
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(cumulative) increased by a series of additions over time
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)