Agricultural Injuries Among Older Kentucky Farmers: The Farm Family Health and Hazard Surveillance Study

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• Personal Author:
  Browning SR ; McKnight RH ; Reed D ; Truszczynska H
• Description:
  This population-based study reports the cumulative incidence of agricultural injuries during a 1-year period in a sample of 998 farmers aged 55 years and older living in Kentucky. A total of 98 farm-related injuries were reported among 88 older farmers for a crude injury rate of 9.03 injured farmers per 100 farmers (95% confidence interval (CI) = 7.03-11.03) over a 1-year period. The leading external causes of farm injury were falls (24.9%), machinery (22.5%), wood-cutting (14.6%), and animal-related events (14.3%). Farmers working on farms with beef cattle (alone) (odds ratio = 1.90; 95% CI = 1.02-3.55) or farms with beef cattle and tobacco (odds ratio = 2.15; 95% CI = 1.00-4.59) had a statistically significant increased risk for a farm-related injury. Farmers reporting a prior injury that limited their ability to farm were at increased risk for a farm-related injury. Approaches to using farm injury surveillance data for injury control programs in the state are discussed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Animals Farmers Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Tobacco Products
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-chemicals Agricultural-industry Agricultural-machinery Agricultural-processes Agricultural-products Agricultural-workers Hazards Injuries Injury-prevention Safety-climate Safety-education Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Safety-personnel Safety-practices Safety-programs Tobacco Tobacco-industry

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  341-353
• Volume:
  33
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20034333
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 1998 Apr; 33(4):341-353
• Contact Point Address:
  S. R. Browning, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY 40504
• Email:
  srbrown@pop.uky.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1998
• Performing Organization:
  University of Kentucky
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20270929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4a7d2e0711a40e8e77737858aa7e642cb0fa661420c1a590fa6044813aa8a21586111ca7dac6bbeed3d065ef42da72e6279f7766436eed435286dcf0d7eb5689
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/189580/cdc_189580_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 83.39 KB ]