Protecting Cattle Feedyard Workers in the Central States Region: Exploring State, Regional, and National Data on Fatal and Nonfatal Injuries in Agriculture and the Beef Production Sector

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• Personal Author:
  Adhikari S ; Ramos AK ; Rautiainen, Risto ; Yoder A
• Description:
  Working in agriculture can be dangerous. Despite ongoing efforts of Extension, animal production worker safety has not been adequately addressed. We present state, regional, and national counts and rates on fatal and nonfatal injuries in agriculture and animal production using publicly available data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. We found that animal production had a high number of fatal injuries and a higher rate of nonfatal injuries than the average within agriculture. More needs to be done to protect livestock workers from injury. Extension professionals can play a key role in increasing safety knowledge and changing behaviors. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Livestock Mortality Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Workers Animal Handlers Animal Husbandry Workers Fatalities Injuries Livestock Industry Safety Education Surveillance
• ISSN:
  1077-5315
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Nebraska ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  13
• Volume:
  60
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20067827
• Citation:
  J Ext 2022 Jun; 60(3):13
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Nebraska Medical Center - Omaha
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20110901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Extension
• End Date:
  20270831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:79fa2087e68ed79cc05a76951c87bc1bf30786466778d595e1790cae13bfcecffaf386213c31b2d37f9f61e676fb004292963b15b854fb0829f48d51f1f54594
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/230082/cdc_230082_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 165.40 KB ]