Enhancing Cattle Handling Safety with the Work Crew Performance Model

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• Personal Author:
  Isaacs SG ; Lineberry, G. T. ; Powers LA ; Scharf T
• Description:
  Kentucky farmers and University of Kentucky extension agents applied the principles of the Work Crew Performance Model (WCPM), used previously in mining and construction, to identify and prioritize critical action factors (CAFs) for safe handling of cattle. One focus group of farmers helped identify a set of 32 critical action factors in four categories: environmental conditions, animal behavior, facilities and equipment, and handling techniques. A second focus group of farmers used a Q-sort nominal group process to rate each of the factors on the basis of the cost consequences of failure to properly perform the activity. A three-stage binary sort process resulted in a five-point ordinal ranking of tasks within each of the four categories. The Q-sort procedure was performed with assumptions of both routine and emergency animal handling activities. The list and the rankings were validated and modified by extension agriculture agents and by an expert panel of animal scientists and an agricultural engineering educator. The validation process added seven CAFs to the original list. The result of the process was the development of a cattle safety handling checklist that has been used with success in Master Cattleman educational workshops conducted for approximately 1500 Kentucky farmers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Animals Behavior Construction Industry Farmers Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Animal-studies Author Keywords: Cattle Handling Behavioral-testing Cattle-industry Cattle Safety Construction-industry Equipment-operators Livestock-industry Miners Mining-industry Performance-capability Q-Sort Work Crew Performance Model

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• ISSN:
  1074-7583
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  261-271
• Volume:
  14
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20034104
• Citation:
  J Agric Saf Health 2008 Aug; 14(3):261-271
• Email:
  sisaacs@uky.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ee8067525b60af07fc77d63d53acd3ea7c592b3961579fa532ee288d1cf7e5e2c85428b59eb58552b90e90d967bc3552beeb71f98c88f8b08840ed00348d9493
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/189470/cdc_189470_DS1.pdf
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