Animal workers encounter a number of special hazards in their work. These include the risk of injury from bites, scratches and kicks; the risk of infections from animals; and animal allergies.
A number of resources for animal workers related to job exposures are listed here.
Washington State Department of Labor & Industries information:
Other resources
This work was supported in part by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and in part by the Washington Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence, which is supported by the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Disease Cooperative Agreement through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
