Animal-related Occupational Injuries in Farm Residents

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Animal-related injuries are an unusual hazard of farming that have received littlestudy.We studied risk factors for animal-related injury as part of a population-based,case-control study of agricultural injuries. Cases were farm residents living in ageographically defined area of central Wisconsin who had injuries associated withfarm animals from May 1990 to April 1992 which required medical or chiropracticcare. Controls were selected at random from a special census of farm residents in thearea. Telephone interviews regarding demographic characteristics, farming practices,and safety behaviors were completed for 70 of 71 cases (98.6%) and 183 of 221potential controls (82.8%). Based on a multivariable logistic regression model, theonly statistically significant risk factor for animal-related farm injury was thenumber of hours worked per week (3% increased risk per hour). Several farmcharacteristics were linked with animal-related injury, but the associated 95%confidence limits included 1.0: non-resident workers on the farm (OR=2.20; 95%C.I.: 0.93-5.21), use of all-terrain vehicles for chores (OR=0.47; 95% C.I.: 0.22-1.04), and feeding cows in the barn in summer (OR=0.39; 95% C.I.: 0.15-1.00).Future studies of animal-related farm injury should obtain more specific informationon animal husbandry practices.

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