J. Craig Wyvill, former chief of Georgia Tech Research Institute’s Food Processing Technology Division, said training and oversight of third-shift safety and machine safety are emerging challenges facing the poultry industry.
Speaking at the National Safety Conference for the Poultry Industry, Wyvill said the industry has made great strides in noise abatement, industrial hygiene and fire safety and egress. While the industry must continue progress in those fields, new areas for focus include third-shift sanitation, maintenance safety and fleet safety.
The increasing use of robotics in processing plants is another potential safety challenge, he said. This is a technology that may reduce injury risks by automating manual tasks, but, at the same time, may create new, as yet unknown, safety challenges.
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