Fast Food Nation: Chunk 2

In FFN, the author illuminates one of darker less talked about the meat packing industry. the meat packing industry has been the source of many of America's injured workers, due to razor sharp knives, defective machinery, and unexpected errors. though there were so many injuries, it took excessive time and effort to get the necessary motions put into action to acquire the laws to prohibit, monitor, and enforce punishments for noncompliance. the simple fact is that the companies would purposely do things like deter their workers from getting medical attention due to the financial cost. this is not only a violation of human rights, but terrible for business in the long run, which is something most managers probably didn't consider back then.

Questions:
1) How would you react to being withheld from medical attention despite sustaining an injury?

2) What do you think could have been then, and can be done now to prevent human injuries and casualties in the meatpacking business?