Application Case The Dangerous Third Shift balance and tried to catch herself, but her hand and then her arm were drawn into the machine and completely mangled. Written and copyrighted by Gary Dessler, PhD. More than 100 years ago, Upton Sinclair wrote his famous book, The Questions Jungle, about the outrageous conditions in Chicago-area slaughter- 16-11. No doubt many problems contributed to this severe accident. houses. Although slaughterhouse conditions have undoubtedly improved, However, if you had to choose just one thing that you working in meatpacking plants can still be strikingly dangerous. 255 would tell the meatpacking company to change, what In one such plant, in Kansas, the first two (daytime) work shifts overwould it be? see the actual processing of approximately 6,000 cows per day. After 16-12. Would it be advisable for them to set up a procedure for that, the third, 11 P.M shift starts as the sanitation crews arrive. These screening out accident-prone individuals? Why or why not? workers have to wade through slippery conditions, including grease and If so, how should they screen them? parts left over from the day shifts' work. The sanitation crew's job is to 16-13. Write a short position paper on the subject, "What should clean the plant and its machines and conveyors with boiling water and we do in this plant to get all our employees to behave more disinfectants. safely at work?" Several years ago, a female sanitation crew worker was finishing 16-14. Based on what you learned from this chapter, write a short cleaning the belt on one of the conveyors. She had shut down the position paper on the subject, "What should we do to conveyor when she cleaned it. However, after turning it back on, she reduce the chances of accidents like this in our meatpacking noticed she had missed some animal fat dirt below the conveyor. With plant? Please make sure to list at least 5-10 specific things the belt still moving she reached under it to get the dirt. She lost her you would suggest