Health and Safety Risks in Production Agriculture

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• Personal Author:
  McCurdy SA ; Von Essen SG
• Description:
  Production agriculture is associated with a variety of occupational illnesses and injuries. Agricultural workers are at higher risk of death or disabling injury than most other workers. Traumatic injury commonly occurs from working with machinery or animals. Respiratory illness and health problems from exposures to farm chemicals are major concerns, and dermatoses, hearing loss, certain cancers, and zoonotic infections are important problems. Innovative means of encouraging safe work practices are being developed. Efforts are being made to reach all groups of farmworkers, including migrant and seasonal workers, farm youth, and older farmers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Farmers Insecticides Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Chemicals Agricultural Industry Agricultural Machinery Agricultural Products Injuries Occupational Exposure Occupational Hazards Occupational Health Pesticides And Agricultural Chemicals Risk Analysis Risk Factors Traumatic Injuries Worker Health Workers

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• ISSN:
  0093-0415
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Nebraska ; OSHA Region 7 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  214-220
• Volume:
  169
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20030591
• Citation:
  West J Med 1998 Oct; 169(4):214-220
• Email:
  svonesse@unmc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• NORA Priority Area:
  Work Environment and Workforce: Special Populations
• Performing Organization:
  University of California, Davis, California
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19970101
• Source Full Name:
  Western Journal of Medicine
• End Date:
  19991231
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:53e3990203fbf2afff79146e4b4820e13c178d2568c26859f077998e1f9684e4ea81a8c573b838a7213fce05d96bda8ba7c2a0bb1f4180aa8df97470e0784577
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/191147/cdc_191147_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.80 MB ]