INJURIES TO WORKERS IN A SWINE CONFINEMENT FACILITY

Animal confinement facilities are used to increase efficiency by capit alizing from economy of scale. Investigations of the major health effe cts of these facilities usually focus on the respiratory symptoms of t heir workers. We hypothesized that injury may also be a significant he alth issue for workers. We studied the incidence and patterns of injur y during a 3-year period in a large, midwestern swine confinement faci lity.