Someone should make a documentary about the working conditions for employees in slaughterhouses They did . Sort of . Read Watch Fast Food Nation . It ' s fiction but based very heavily on reality and absolutely shows some very disturbing scenes from the lives of meatpackers , complete with sexual harassment of female employees . From the Wiki Schlosser is perhaps most provocative when he critiques the meatpacking industry , which he tags as the most dangerous job in America . Moreover , the meat produced by slaughterhouses has become exponentially more hazardous since the centralization of the industry the way cattle are raised , slaughtered , and processed provides an ideal setting for E coli to spread . Additionally , working conditions continue to grow worse .