unsanitary conditions meaning horse trailers needing repair work and are covered with feces and urine upon arrival? Worker tends to have cuts and open sores on hands due to type of work being done.
2007-01-19 03:22:29 · 7 answers · asked by nickel 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
Thank you guys for your answers but I am not talking about working in a stable. I know someone who is a welder and his employer has assigned him the horse trailer repair position. These trailers may need any type of work done such as adding things or just making neccessary repairs. He wears jeans and shirts but because he is a welder he gets burned and such and because he works with large sheets of metal (steel, aluminum etc) he has cuts on his hands. When welding he wears welding gloves but if he has to cut something apart and move it or whatever he sometimes has to get down and do repairs on the floors of these horse trailers. I just wondered if it would be appropriate to bring this up to the employer as a health and safety issue
2007-01-19 07:31:46 · update #1
Yes you could possibly get sick, no matter what animal's urine or feces you're around with cuts and sore. As to which diseases I would have to guess one of the Hepatitises. There are probably more, best idea is to wear thick, rubber gloves, long sleeves, and a protective face mask.
2007-01-19 03:31:50 · answer #1 · answered by gregtkt120012002 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be careful! My husband was just diagonsed with a rare disease called invasive aspergillosis. This is found in agricultural settings such as in hay, soil, grain, droppings of horses, dogs and chickens & turkeys. Usually, only patients that have a compromised immune system are at risk for this deadly, flesh eating fungus. However, my husband does not . And was healthy before he contracted this spore doing chores on our small family farm or haying. Read about it online. Google the name and learn about this rare but often fatal disease. He has been fighting for his life for 6 months.
2007-01-19 04:24:13 · answer #2 · answered by kmcniece 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I cleaned 31 stalls per day at a large horse ranch for 4 years. Didn't even get so much as a cold. FYI, I moved 960 tons of manure.
2007-01-19 03:31:58 · answer #3 · answered by reynwater 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well first of all anyone that works in stable conditions should be wearing gloves and work boots, long sleeved shirts and jeans. You should shower after dealing with any kind of manure.
But it people were consistenly getting sick in those conditions there wouldn't be any horse people left.
2007-01-19 03:31:49 · answer #4 · answered by Tapestry6 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tetanus spores are found in horse dung. Anyone with an open wound who is unimmunized can get it.
2007-01-19 04:38:03 · answer #5 · answered by yakkydoc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please see Google search for more details on diseases of horses spread to humans. (West Nile Virus spread by mosquitoes, Hendra Virus Disease and Nipah Virus Encephalitis, Glanders, Rabies, Tetanus, etc)
2007-01-19 03:42:11 · answer #6 · answered by gangadharan nair 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
E-Coli
2007-01-19 03:29:58 · answer #7 · answered by Ms Lety 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋