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Another worker, who has been at the plant for more than a decade, said that because of the chain speed, workers cut "the legs, the stomach, the neck, [and] cut off the feet while the cow is breathing."
"The cattle go down the line for many minutes and they're still alive," the worker testified.
Rodriguez's affidavit is part of a petition that alleges that "roughly 10 to perhaps 30 percent" of the animals at the IBP plant "proceed through the skinning and dismemberment process in a fully conscious state." It also states that workers have been injured, "kicked by frantic animals moving along the conveyor [and] suffer[ing] contusions, serious stab wounds, and lost fingers and teeth."