Work Practices and Childhood Agricultural Injury

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• Personal Author:
  Alexander BH ; Church, Timothy R. ; Gerberich, Susan G. ; Gurney JG ; Larson-Bright M ; Masten AS ; Renier CM ; Ryan, Andrew D.
• Description:
  Objective: To evaluate whether children's agricultural work practices were associated with agricultural injury and to identify injury and work practice predictors. Design: Analyses were based on nested case-control data collected by the Regional Rural Injury Study-II (RRIS-II) surveillance study in 1999 and 2001 by computer-assisted telephone interviews. Subjects: Cases (n = 425) and controls (n = 1886) were persons younger than 20 years of age from Midwestern agricultural households. Those reporting agricultural injuries became cases; controls (no injury) were selected using incidence density sampling. Main outcome measures: Multivariate logistic regression was used to estimate the risks of injury associated with agricultural work, performing chores earlier than developmentally appropriate, hours worked per week, and number of chores performed. Results: Increased risks of injury were observed for children who performed chores 2-3 years younger than recommended, compared to being ''age-appropriate'' (odds ratio (OR) = 2.6, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.4-4.5); performed any agricultural work (3.9 (2.6-5.6)); performed seven to ten chores per month compared to one chore (2.2 (1.3-3.5)); and worked 11-30 or 31-40 h per week compared to 1-10 h (1.6 (1.2-2.1) and 2.2 (1.3-3.7), respectively). Decreased risks of injury were observed for non-working children compared to children performing what are commonly considered safe levels of agricultural work. Conclusions: This study demonstrated elevated risks of agricultural injury among children who perform developmentally inappropriate chores. Results suggest that the efficacy of age restrictions for preventing the occurrence of childhood agricultural injuries warrants further evaluation. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Aging Agriculture Demography Environmental Exposure Environmental Health Environmental Monitoring Environmental Pollution Epidemiology Family Farmers Hazardous Substances Herbicides Insecticides Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Safety Management Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Age-factors Age-groups Agricultural-processes Agricultural-workers Biohazards Biological-function Demographic-characteristics Environmental-exposure Environmental-factors Environmental-hazards Exposure-assessment Exposure-levels Exposure-methods Families Health-surveys Injury-prevention Mathematical-models Medical-surveys Occupational-exposure Occupational-hazards Pesticides-and-agricultural-chemicals Quantitative-analysis Questionnaires Risk-analysis Risk-factors Safety-education Safety-measures Safety-practices Standards Statistical-analysis Work-environment Work-operations Work-organization Work-practices Worker-health

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• ISSN:
  1353-8047
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  409-415
• Volume:
  13
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20037591
• Citation:
  Inj Prev 2007 Dec; 13(6):409-415
• Contact Point Address:
  Muree Larson-Bright, Regional Injury Prevention Research Center, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Mayo Mail Code 807, 420 Delaware St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455
• Email:
  muree@umn.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• Performing Organization:
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Injury Prevention
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/188661/cdc_188661_DS1.pdf
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