Table VII.

Severity and Costs of Livestock-Handling Injuries Among Colorado Dairy Farms, Cattle/Livestock Raisers, and Cattle Dealers

	Dairy farms	Cattle/livestock raisers	Cattle dealers
Total medical-only claims	262	334	251
Total medical plus indemnity claims	45	137	85
Injury severitya
Days of paid disability
Mean	85	104	164
Median	34	49	41
Range	2–1,082	1–1,338	1–1,103
Duration of paid disability
0 days	262	137	251
1 to <7 days	9	11	1
7 days to <1 month	12	30	20
1 month or more	24	96	64
Injury costsb
Medicalc
Mean	1,711	5,505	6,179
Median	481	607	584
Range	0–33,762	0–403,603	0–348,600
Indemnity
Mean	8,862	9,697	23,963
Median	2,523	3,499	3,042
Range	0–87,513	0–101,393	0–255,592
Medical plus indemnity total
Mean	3,360	8,730	13,773
Median	487	717	580
Range	0–132,023	0–427,613	0–382,094

^aRounded to nearest whole day.

^bRounded to nearest whole US dollar.

^cAdjusted to 2006 US dollars.