Dave
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Bright Raven":3s3lhzut said:backhoeboogie":3s3lhzut said:Bright Raven":3s3lhzut said:Please enjoy your steak,
Six cowboys died gettin it to your plate.
They must not have known much about cattle. Not to good of handlers either.
The USDA posted Farm Occupational Safety statistics recently. The following chart lists fatalities and serious injuries by breed resulting from the vocation of cattle husbandry.
Angus 1.7 per 10,000 man hours
Brahman 4,547 per 10,000 man hours
Charolais 2.5 per 10,000 man hours
Dexter 1.2 per 10,000 man hours
Gelbvieh 1.7 per 10,000 man hours
Hereford 2.6 per 10,000 man hours
Holstein 1.4 per 10,000 man hours
Limousin 7.8 per 10,000 man hours
Piedmontese 1.8 per 10,000 man hours
Short Horn 5.3 per 10,000 man hours
Simmental 1.6 per 10,000 man hours
Texas Longhorn 6.1 per 10,000 man hours
Note that there are no statistics for Salers. They are off the chart.