Fatal Injuries Among Animal Handlers in New York State

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• Corporate Authors:
  New York State Department of Health
• Description:
  This alert summarizes the characteristics of fatal injuries among animal handlers in New York State between 2002 and 2008 and presents appropriate prevention measures. Understanding animal behaviors, following safe animal handling techniques, and maintaining well designed facilities can help prevent serious injuries including fatalities. Employers should provide initial and ongoing refresher training to workers on safe animal handling practices and policies specific to the worksite. Safe animal handling training courses are offered by the New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health (NYCAMH: http://www.nycamh.com/ or 800-343-7527). Occupational injuries and deaths of animal handlers may be prevented by creating and maintaining a safe animal handling facility and implementing the measures recommended in this alert. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Animals Mortality Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Animal Handlers Fatalities Injury Prevention Safety Education Safety Measures Safety Practices
• Publisher:
  New York State Department of Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20058824
• Citation:
  Albany, NY: New York State Department of Health, 2010 Aug; :1-8
• Contact Point Address:
  New York State Department of Health, NY FACE Program, Bureau of Occupational Health, Flanigan Square, Room 230, 547 River Street, Troy, NY 12180
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• Performing Organization:
  New York State Department of Health/Health Research Incorporated
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Fatal injuries among animal handlers in New York State
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:61a3f82f7e310946c3e29bdba3e3b86599d0c432c3d4539e28715486fbbc674e38f5246bf27f4e9200d0debb626740aaa18c2ebdecfffb6cd9bc7d32e83f6085
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/223215/cdc_223215_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.94 MB ]