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

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• Alternative Title:
  Am J Ind Med
• Personal Author:
  Fowler, Heather ; Adams, Darrin ; Bonauto, David ; Rabinowitz, Peter
• 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.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls And Kennels Animal-related Injury Animal Bite Animal Technicians Article Bites And Stings Cats Databases, Factual Dogs Grooming Humans Musculoskeletal Diseases Occupational Injuries Pet Stores Shelters Veterinarians Veterinary Veterinary Medical/Animal Care Workers Washington Workers' Compensation

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• Source:
  Am J Ind Med. 59(3):236-244.
• Pubmed ID:
  26681112
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4872621
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  T32 ES015459/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States ; U54 OH007544/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States
• Volume:
  59
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:428ae4da48df4ec646c23083a8a0c65b957bf71ac8071967b7807673392bb6a1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/52352/cdc_52352_DS1.pdf
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