Illness and injury among workers from "summary" of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
In the squalid districts of Packingtown, where the air is thick with the stench of blood and the clamor of machinery never ceases, the workers toil day in and day out in the meatpacking plants. They are but cogs in the vast machine of industry, their bodies and spirits broken by the relentless pace of production. Illness and injury are everyday occurrences in this brutal environment, where safety regulations are mere suggestions and the lives of workers are expendable. The workers are surrounded by dangers at every turn, from the sharp knives of the slaughterhouse to the slippery floors of the packing plants. Accidents are common, their consequences devastating. Limbs are lost, lives are shattered, and yet the machinery of industry grinds on, indifferent to the suffering of those who keep it running. The injured are cast aside, left to fend for themselves in a world that has no use for the weak or the maimed. But it is not only the physical dangers that threaten the workers in Packingtown. The unrelenting pace of work takes a toll on their bodies and minds, wearing them down until they are mere shells of their for...
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