3. “Reasonable Creatures”

Raber, Karen

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“…There is no single, agreed upon approach to interacting with horses, let alone a shared understanding of the ‘safest’ ways to interact. Indeed, it is easier to talk about equestrian sub-cultures and their conflict—such as classical equitation [ 104 , 105 , 106 ], modern equitation [ 29 , 64 , 107 , 108 , 109 , 110 , 111 , 112 , 113 , 114 , 115 , 116 , 117 ], natural equitation [ 99 , 101 , 102 , 118 ] and scientific equitation [ 20 , 119 , 120 , 121 , 122 ]—rather than an unchallenged equestrian culture. Current practices differ, are resistant to change, are antiquated or may have become dislocated from their original conditions.…”

Section: Applying the Whs Framework To Horse-related Human Injury mentioning

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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

Chapman

Thompson

2016

Animals

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Simple SummaryAttempts to reduce horse-related injuries and fatalities to humans have mostly focused on personal protective equipment like helmets. In organizational contexts, such technical interventions are considered secondary to reducing the frequency and severity of accidents. In this article, we describe the Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) framework that has been associated with reduced risks in industries and organisations. We consider how such a framework could be used to reduce horse-related risks in workplaces, as well as non-work equestrian competition and leisure environments. In this article, we propose that the simplicity and concepts of the WHS framework can provide risk mitigation benefits to both work and non-work equine identities.AbstractIt 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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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

Chapman

Thompson

2016

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“…How well the two interacted, and what they did while interacting, in turn evidenced the governing abilities and general state of the kingdom. 55 For Astley and the Charger, then, who happened to be white -like the white horse of Hanover -their performances on the barge and in the Amphitheatre did more than illustrate ideal masculinity for the audience. These performances also constructed an ideal and highly propagandist idea of what the kingdom would be if it continued to be governed by a monarch or his regent -the two were celebrated in the fireworks -rather than Parliament (both options open to the government in 1788 with the Regency crisis, if we recall).…”

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‘Undaunted all he views’: The Gibraltar Charger, Astley's Amphitheatre and Masculine Performance

Mattfeld¹

2013

J Eighteenth Century Stud

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Eighteenth-century managers built their illegitimate theatres around the presence of performing animals, but the animals have rarely been a part of theatre histories. This article places horses, the headlining acts and primary draw for London audiences, back into the ring of Astley's Amphitheatre. It examines how the presence of horses such as the Gibraltar Charger, along with the relationships between non-humans and human actors, influenced constructions of political masculinity there. For Philip and John Astley, performances with the Charger in 1788 and 1789 were central to their patriotic constructions and displays of chivalrous, honourable, refined and polite masculinity.

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3. “Reasonable Creatures”

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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

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

‘Undaunted all he views’: The Gibraltar Charger, Astley's Amphitheatre and Masculine Performance

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