COVID-19 Working Paper: Meatpacking Working Conditions and the Spread of COVID-19
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Description
Report details the working conditions of meatpacking plants and how they affected the spread of COVID-19 during the first months of the pandemic. Compares manufacturing jobs in rural versus total counties and highlights specific rural counties where meatpacking plants were infected. Discusses occupational characteristics that may have contributed to the spread.
Author(s)
Thomas P. Krumel, Jr., Corey Goodrich
Date
09/2021
Type
Document
Organization
USDA Economic Research Service
Tagged as
COVID-19 · Occupational health and safety · Public health · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data