TY - JOUR
T1 - Injury from dairy cattle activities
AU - Boyle, Debora
AU - Gerberich, Susan G.
AU - Gibson, Robert W.
AU - Maldonado, George
AU - Robinson, R. Ashley
AU - Martin, Frank
AU - Renier, Colleen
AU - Amandus, Harlan
PY - 1997/1
Y1 - 1997/1
N2 - Animals have been implicated as an important source of injury for farm household members. Little is known, however, about the specific activities associated with the animal/livestock operations that place a person at increased or decreased risk for injuries. The primary aim of this case- control study was to identity which dairy cattle operation activities (that is, milking, feeding, cleaning barns, trimming and treating feet, dehorning, assisting with difficult calvings, and doing treatments) were associated with an increased or decreased risk of injury. We found milking to have the greatest increase in risk for injury. The ratios for increasing hours per week spent at milking (0, 1-10, 11-20, 21-30, 31-63) were 1.0, 2.3, 5.5, 10.9, and 20.6, respectively. We also found an increased rate ratio associated with trimming or treating hooves (rate ratio = 4.2).
AB - Animals have been implicated as an important source of injury for farm household members. Little is known, however, about the specific activities associated with the animal/livestock operations that place a person at increased or decreased risk for injuries. The primary aim of this case- control study was to identity which dairy cattle operation activities (that is, milking, feeding, cleaning barns, trimming and treating feet, dehorning, assisting with difficult calvings, and doing treatments) were associated with an increased or decreased risk of injury. We found milking to have the greatest increase in risk for injury. The ratios for increasing hours per week spent at milking (0, 1-10, 11-20, 21-30, 31-63) were 1.0, 2.3, 5.5, 10.9, and 20.6, respectively. We also found an increased rate ratio associated with trimming or treating hooves (rate ratio = 4.2).
KW - agricultural injuries
KW - dairy injuries
KW - injuries/accidents
KW - public health
KW - work-related injuries
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U2 - 10.1097/00001648-199701000-00006
DO - 10.1097/00001648-199701000-00006
M3 - Article
C2 - 9116092
AN - SCOPUS:0031021256
SN - 1044-3983
VL - 8
SP - 37
EP - 41
JO - Epidemiology
JF - Epidemiology
IS - 1
ER -