While physical and atmospheric hazards are considered for th…

While physical and atmospheric hazards are considered for the determination of whether or not a space is a permit-required confined space, configuration hazards such as sloping walls, were left out of the confined space standard due to pressure from the agriculture industry which felt that this would place an undue economic burden on the industry.

You are contacted by the manager of a sow farm who reports t…

You are contacted by the manager of a sow farm who reports that he is seeing “pigs born with diarrhea”. He has recently gone through an accelerated rollover to correct a parity distribution problem in the herd. As a result, there are disproportionately more P1 litters than typical.   Preventive measures you recommend will include: