Evaluation of an Occupational Injury Intervention Among Wisconsin Farmers

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• Personal Author:
  Chapman LJ ; Hard D ; Josefsson KG ; Taveira AD
• Description:
  OBJECTIVES: Dairy farming injury rates are high. Previous agricultural research has shown that better information flow can speed adoption of more profitable practices. We conducted and evaluated an intervention to increase voluntary adoption of three production practices that were safer and more profitable than typical practices: barn lights, bag silos, and a mixing site for calf feed. METHODS: Print mass media, public events, university Extension, and dairy farmers already using the practices were all enlisted to disseminate information to 4,300 northeast district Wisconsin dairy farmers. Evaluation questionnaires were mailed to independent samples of farm managers before (n = 582) and after (n = 572) the 12 month long intervention. RESULTS: After the intervention, more managers reported getting information about barn lights from public events (12% vs. 23%) and private consultants (8% vs. 17%) and about silo bags from print media (79% vs. 87%) and private consultants (9% vs. 14%). More managers were aware of barn lights (48% vs. 72%) and the calf feed mixing site (44% vs. 56%). There was a nonsignificant tendency for more managers to report adopting barn lights (12% vs. 23%). CONCLUSIONS: Improving information flow to operation managers about safer, more profitable production practices may be a relatively easy way to supplement conventional injury control efforts in high-hazard industries. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Farmers Lighting Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Author Keywords: Agriculture Cattle-industry Injuries Injury-prevention Injury Control Intervention Evaluation Lighting-systems Occupational Health Traumatic-injuries

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• ISSN:
  1074-7583
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 5 ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  197-209
• Volume:
  9
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20034121
• Citation:
  J Agric Saf Health 2003 Aug; 9(3):197-209
• Email:
  ljchapma@facstaff.wisc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• NORA Priority Area:
  Disease and Injury: Traumatic Injuries
• Performing Organization:
  University of Wisconsin Madison
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20050929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/189487/cdc_189487_DS1.pdf
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