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ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2016

Preventing and Investigating Horse-Related Human Injury and Fatality in Work and Non-Work Equestrian Environments: A Consideration of the Workplace Health and Safety Framework.

Meredith Chapman, Kirrilly Thompson

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Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Human Injuries Associated with the Transport of Horses by Road.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023
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  8. Moving toward Fear-Free Husbandry and Veterinary Care for Horses.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022
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  9. Occupational Safety Climate in the Swedish Equine Sector.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Meredith ChapmanThe Appleton Institute, Central Queensland University, 44 Greenhill Road, Wayville, SA 5034, Australia. meredith@safetyinfocus.com.au.
Kirrilly ThompsonThe Appleton Institute, Central Queensland University, 44 Greenhill Road, Wayville, SA 5034, Australia. kirrilly.thompson@cqu.edu.au.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It has been suggested that one in five riders will be injured due to a fall from a horse, resulting in severe head or torso injuries. Attempts to reduce injury have primarily focussed on low level risk controls, such as helmets. In comparison, risk mitigation in high risk workplaces and sports is directed at more effective and preventative controls like training, consultation, safe work procedures, fit for purpose equipment and regular Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) monitoring. However, there has been no systematic consideration of the risk-reduction benefits of applying a WHS framework to reducing horse-related risks in workplaces, let alone competition or leisure contexts. In this article, we discuss the different dimensions of risk during human-horse interaction: the risk itself, animal, human and environmental factors and their combinations thereof. We consider the potential of the WHS framework as a tool for reducing (a) situation-specific hazards, and (b) the risks inherent in and arising from human-horse interactions. Whilst most-if not all-horses are unpredictable, the majority of horse-related injuries should be treated as preventable. The article concludes with a practical application of WHS to prevent horse-related injury by discussing effective evidence-based guidelines and regulatory monitoring for equestrian sectors. It suggests that the WHS framework has significant potential not only to reduce the occurrence and likelihood of horse-related human accident and injury, but to enable systematic accident analysis and investigation of horse-related adverse events.

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deathshorsesinjurymitigationpeoplerisksafetyWHSworkplace

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PMID27164148
PMCPMC4880850

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