Work-related Injuries to Animal Care Workers, Washington 2007–2011

Fowler, Heather; Adams, Darrin; Bonauto, David; Rabinowitz, Peter

doi:10.1002/ajim.22547

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Work-related Injuries to Animal Care Workers, Washington 2007–2011

Published Date:

Dec 17 2015

Publisher's site:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajim.22547 New Site Icon

Source:

Am J Ind Med. 59(3):236-244.

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Personal Authors:

Fowler, Heather ; Adams, Darrin ; Bonauto, David ; Rabinowitz, Peter ;

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Pubmed ID:

26681112

Pubmed Central ID:

PMC4872621

Description:

Background

For workers engaged in animal care, workplace hazards are common and may outnumber those experienced by human healthcare workers..

Methods

We used accepted Washington State workers’ compensation claims for the period from January 1, 2007 and December 31, 2011 to compare injury rates and types of injuries across animal care occupations.

Results

Work-related injuries frequently affect veterinary support staff and those working in pet stores, shelters, grooming, and kennels. Animal-related injuries were the most commonly reported injury type experienced by all groups, though the animal source of injury appears to differ by work setting.

Conclusions

Workplace related injuries among animal care workers are common and most often caused by physical insults resulting from worker-animal interaction.

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Journal Article

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CDC Public Access

Funding:

T32 ES015459/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States
U54 OH007544/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States

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