Enhancing cattle handling safety with the work crew performance model

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-271

  Isaacs, Steven G ^a,b   Powers, Laura A ^a   Lineberry, G T ^c   Scharf, Ted ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b University of Kentucky ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle handling; Cattle safety; Q Sort; Work Crew Performance Model

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PERSONALITY TEST; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; STANDARD;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CATTLE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; Q-SORT; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 49649111937     PISSN: 10747583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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