Occupational Health and Safety Aspects of Animal Handling in Dairy Production

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• Personal Author:
  Douphrate DI ; Grandin T ; Hagevoort GR ; Lindahl C ; Lundqvist P ; Lunner Kolstrup C ; Pinzke S
• Description:
  Livestock handling in dairy production is associated with a number of health and safety issues. A large number of fatal and nonfatal injuries still occur when handling livestock. The many animal handling tasks on a dairy farm include moving cattle between different locations, vaccination, administration of medication, hoof care, artificial insemination, ear tagging, milking, and loading onto trucks. There are particular problems with bulls, which continue to cause considerable numbers of injuries and fatalities in dairy production. In order to reduce the number of injuries during animal handling on dairy farms, it is important to understand the key factors in human-animal interactions. These include handler attitudes and behavior, animal behavior, and fear in cows. Care when in close proximity to the animal is the key for safe handling, including knowledge of the flight zone, and use of the right types of tools and suitable restraint equipment. Thus, in order to create safe working conditions during livestock handling, it is important to provide handlers with adequate training and to establish sound safety management procedures on the farm. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Animals Behavior Cattle Dairy Products Farmers Livestock Morbidity Mortality Occupational Health Safety

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• Keywords:
  Agricultural Workers Animal Handlers Animal Handling Animal Husbandry Workers Author Keywords: Agriculture Behavior Patterns Cows Dairy Products Fatalities Injuries Livestock Industry Morbidity Rates Mortality Rates Occupational Injury Safety Equipment Safety Practices

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• ISSN:
  1059-924X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; New Mexico ; OSHA Region 6 ; OSHA Region 8 ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  274-283
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20052138
• Citation:
  J Agromedicine 2013 Jul; 18(3):274-283
• Contact Point Address:
  Peter Lundqvist, PhD, Department of Work Science, Business Economics and Environmental Psychology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 88, SE-230 53 Alnarp, Sweden
• Email:
  Peter.Lundqvist@slu.se
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  Colorado State University - Ft. Collins
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20030915
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agromedicine
• End Date:
  20270914
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/211727/cdc_211727_DS1.pdf
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