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Health and safety considerations for pregnant farm animal vets
Author(s) -
Lovatt Fiona,
Mitchell Alastair
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
in practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.211
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2042-7689
pISSN - 0263-841X
DOI - 10.1136/inpract.30.10.573
Subject(s) - work (physics) , duty , variety (cybernetics) , business , animal health , occupational safety and health , environmental health , medicine , risk analysis (engineering) , veterinary medicine , engineering , political science , law , computer science , mechanical engineering , pathology , artificial intelligence
FARM animal work will inevitably expose vets to a variety of different hazards and risks. It is the legal duty of all employers to assess the risks to the health and safety of their employees arising from these hazards and to do what is reasonably practicable to control the risks. With more female veterinary staff than ever before, employers are increasingly being faced with situations in which pregnancy has an impact on the running of their business. Fiona Lovatt and Alastair Mitchell highlight some of the issues that employers may need to consider when preparing a risk assessment relevant to the work of a pregnant farm animal vet.