Eye Injury in Migrant Farm Workers and Suggested Hazard Controls

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• Personal Author:
  Conroy LM ; Forst LS ; Lacey SE ; Petrea RE
• Description:
  The eyes are a common site of injury in agricultural operations. Identification of the cause of injury is important to inform preventive interventions. The objective of this study was to describe the hazards and mechanisms of acute traumatic injury to the eyes of agricultural workers who are hired in farming operations on a seasonal basis. A review of the literature was performed to summarize the mechanisms of eye injuries in agriculture. Field observations and informal interviews were performed to verify the literature and to determine whether there are eye hazards for farm workers that have not been reported in the literature. Additional mechanisms of injury were elicited, and suggested methods of injury prevention are presented here. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Agriculture Education Eye Eye Diseases Eye Foreign Bodies Family Farmers Hazardous Substances Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Promotion Nervous System Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Protective Clothing Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Safety Management Sense Organs Sense Organs / Injuries Workload Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Agricultural-industry Agricultural-machinery Agricultural-processes Agricultural-products Agricultural-workers Author Keywords: Eye Injury Educational-resource-centers Eye-damage Eye-diseases Eye-disorders Eye-examinations Eye-function-tests Eye-glasses Eye-injuries Eye-irritants Eye-movement Eye-protection Eye-protective-equipment Eye-shields Eye-strain Eyes Eyesight Families Hazardous-materials Hazards Hazards-Confirmed Head-injuries Health-hazards Health-programs Health-protection Health-services Health-standards Injuries Injury-prevention Migrant Farm Workers Risk-analysis Risk-factors Safety-climate Safety-education Safety-glass Safety-glasses Safety-helmets Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Safety-personnel Safety-practices Safety-programs Safety-research Work-analysis Work-areas Work-capability Work-capacity Work-environment Work-operations Work-practices Worker-health Workers Workplace-monitoring Workplace-studies Workshops

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• ISSN:
  1074-7583
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  259-274
• Volume:
  13
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20037492
• Citation:
  J Agric Saf Health 2007 Aug; 13(3):259-274
• Contact Point Address:
  S. Lacey, Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois
• Email:
  slacey@uic.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Performing Organization:
  University of Illinois at Chicago
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5ac099a3f6ced5e101a6616d4c0883366098730f1618036ae503aa46c3777b28ea63c370cd7341d5701f71479feb55e5f127b36137ef6fcf233c96db6364701e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/188581/cdc_188581_DS1.pdf
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