ABSTRACT

Introduction: Few research projects have addressed health and safety issues in the cattle feeding industry. The Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (CS-CASH) is ideally located to conduct such research, as half of the feedlots in the US are located in the Center’s region. CS-CASH has funded several pilot projects addressing the safety and health of livestock workers, and the research team has experience in developing, implementing, and evaluating interventions. In addition, CS-CASH hosted a roundtable discussion of major stakeholders regarding the prevention of injuries and illnesses in the feedlot industry. This project is the first step in investigating and describing the burden of injuries in the cattle feeding industry.

Purpose: The long-term goal of this project is to reduce the burden of injuries and illnesses among feedlot workers.

Methods: The research team conducted a systematic review of the literature and available sources related to counts, rates, severity, lost time, cost, and indirect consequences of injury and illness. Multiple sources of information were used to quantify the burden of injury and illness in the cattle feeding industry. The burden of injury was evaluated using collected injury incidence and characteristics data. Workers Compensation sources provide data for direct costs: paid benefits and medical expenses. Indirect cost estimation methods were reviewed regarding their applicability to the cattle feeding industry.

Results/Findings: Initial findings from 2014 include an occupational fatality rate of 116 fatalities/100,000 workers in the beef cattle ranching and farming industries (including feedyards). This rate was four times higher than the rate in the agriculture, forestry, and fishing sector overall (24.9/100,000) and 34 times higher than the rate in all industries combined (3.4/100,000). The cattle feedyard subsector also has exceptionally high non-fatal injury and illness rates. In 2013, hired workers in the beef cattle ranching and farming (including feedyards) had a “days away from work” rate of 258.8/10,000 while the rate for all industries combined was 99.9/10,000.

Practical Application: Investigating and describing the burden of injuries in the cattle feeding industry is the first step in developing research and education priorities for that industry. The findings from this study will be used to guide the development of injury mitigation interventions and educational programs for the cattle feeding industry.

摘要

简介：很少有研究项目解决养牛业的健康和安全问题。中部国家农业安全与卫生中心（CS-CASH）地理位置优越，可以进行此类研究，因为美国一半的饲养场都位于该中心区域。CS-CASH已资助了几个有关畜牧工人安全与卫生的试点项目，研究团队在制定，实施和评估干预措施方面具有经验。此外，CS-CASH还主持了一次主要利益相关者圆桌讨论会，讨论了在育肥场行业中如何预防伤害和疾病。该项目是调查和描述养牛业伤害负担的第一步。

目的：该项目的长期目标是减轻饲养场工人的伤害和疾病负担。

方法：研究团队对文献进行了系统的审查，并获得了与数量，比率，严重程度，损失的时间，成本以及伤害和疾病的间接后果有关的可用资源。多种信息来源被用于量化养牛业的伤害和疾病负担。使用收集的伤害发生率和特征数据评估伤害负担。工人补偿来源提供直接成本数据：已付福利和医疗费用。对间接成本估算方法在牛饲养业中的适用性进行了回顾。

结果/发现：2014年的初步发现包括肉牛牧场和养殖业（包括饲养场）的职业病死率/每10万工人中116例死亡。该比率是农业，林业和渔业部门总体比率（24.9 / 100,000）的四倍，是所有行业总比率（3.4 / 100,000）的34倍。牲畜饲养场的子部门也具有极高的非致命伤害和疾病发生率。2013年，肉牛牧场和农场（包括饲料场）的雇用工人的“无工作日”率为258.8 / 10,000，而所有行业的总和为99.9 / 10,000。

实际应用：调查和描述养牛业的伤害负担是制定该行业研究和教育重点的第一步。这项研究的结果将用于指导减轻伤害的干预措施和牛饲养业教育计划的发展。