Hazard Perceptions of California Farm Operators

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• Personal Author:
  Farrar JA ; McCurdy SA ; Morrin LA ; Schenker MB
• Description:
  A cross-sectional telephone survey of 140 respondents from 265 randomly selected California farm operators revealed that their perception of the hazardous nature of farming differs from farmers in other states. Only 10% stated that farming was more hazardous than other occupations, whereas surveys in other states show that more than half of farmers believe that farming is more hazardous than other occupations. However, California farm operators shared views similar to those reported by farmers in other states regarding the top health concerns in farming. The most frequently mentioned health concerns were injuries, pesticides/chemicals, stress and cancer. Operating or repairing farm equipment was identified as the single most hazardous farm task by 44% of respondents. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Farmers Hazardous Substances Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Equipment-operators Hazardous-materials Hazards Health-hazards Occupational-accidents Occupational-hazards Occupational-health Risk-analysis Risk-factors
• ISSN:
  1059-924X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  27-40
• Volume:
  2
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20032701
• Citation:
  J Agromedicine 1995 Jun; 2(2):27-40
• Contact Point Address:
  Jeff A. Farrar: Division of Occupational/Environmental Medicine and Epidemiology, and UC Agricultural Health and Safety Center at Davis, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616-8648
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Performing Organization:
  University of California - Davis
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19900930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agromedicine
• End Date:
  20020929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9c977c655ac7177bcf60e80b7f2e4ebf920ea5d87f2a646bfba10f5e4c22de7bc874c7fb0d42af34f9fa959ce165ede008a65993c3979c908f8f94538c10f191
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/186580/cdc_186580_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 272.11 KB ]