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Animal bites as an occupational hazard among animal control officers.

Author(s) -

J M Mann,

O J Rollag,

H F Hull,

José Manuel García Montes

Publication year - 1984

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.74.3.255

Subject(s) - animal bites , occupational safety and health , medicine , environmental health , injury prevention , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , population , suicide prevention , demography , epidemiology , pathology , sociology

One hundred-and-two full-time animal control officers (ACOs) in New Mexico were surveyed to learn about animal bite risks in this little-studied occupational group. The overall bite rate was 2.57 per working-year (175-500 times population-based rate estimates). A "high risk" ACO subset (seven officers involved in 67 per cent of bite incidents) was discovered. Evaluation of animal bite data can contribute to prevention of occupational injuries among the estimated 10,000 full-time ACOs in this country.

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