National Injury and Fatality Data for Aging Farmers

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• Personal Author:
  Layne LA ; Marsh, Suzanne M. ; Myers, John R.
• Description:
  Farmers and farm workers over the age of 54 years have been identified as a high risk group for farm fatalities since the 1980's. In addition, the severity of non-fatal injuries has been shown to be higher for these older farm workers. Data from two national data systems are presented to better define both fatal and non-fatal injuries occurring to these older workers: the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), maintained by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the Occupational Injury Surveillance of Production Agriculture (OISPA) survey, conducted for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. CFOI data show that farm workers over the age of 54 accounted for over half of all farming deaths between 1992 and 1994 (3,671 of 7,064 deaths), and had a fatality rate of 45.8 deaths per 100,000 workers compared to the overall farming fatality rate of 25.5 deaths per 100,000 workers. Leading causes of death were "tractors" (46%), "trucks" (7%), and "animals" (6%). OISPA estimates that farmers and farm workers over the age of 54 accounted for 26,600 lost-time injuries annually between 2001 and 2004, with an annual injury rate of 4.5 lost-time injuries per 100 workers. "Contact with objects" (35%) and "falls" (30%) were the most common type of injury event; "structures and surfaces" (29%) and "animals" (22%) were the most common source of injury. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Aging Agriculture Epidemiology Farmers Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Age-factors Age-groups Agricultural-machinery Agricultural-workers Injuries Statistical-analysis Surveillance-programs Traumatic-injuries
• Publisher:
  Agricultural Safety & Health Network (ASHNET)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; Indiana ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-62
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20033060
• Citation:
  The Aging Farm Community: Using Current Health and Safety Status to Map Future Action, March 6-8, 2007, Indianapolis, Indiana. Urbana, IL: Agricultural Safety & Health Network (ASHNET), 2007 Mar; :1-62
• Contact Point Address:
  John Myers, M.S., NIOSH, 1095 Willowdale Rd, Morgantown, WV 26505
• Email:
  jrmyers@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  The Aging Farm Community: Using Current Health and Safety Status to Map Future Action, March 6-8, 2007, Indianapolis, Indiana
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/188779/cdc_188779_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 12.84 MB ]