Surveillance of injury burden and risk factors for agricultural injury among children and youth: Regional Rural Injury Study - II

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• Personal Author:
  Alexander BH ; Carlson KF ; Church, Timothy R. ; Gerberich, Susan G. ; Mangin SJ ; Masten AS ; Renier CM ; Ryan, Andrew D.
• Description:
  This surveillance effort was conducted among agricultural households to: determine the injury burden for all injuries and risk factors for agriculture-related injury, among persons less than 20 (<20) years of age; and monitor changes, between 1999 and 2001. Data for all injury events and demographics were collected by computer-assisted telephone interview, from a cohort of agricultural operation household members, in a five-state Midwest region. Exposure data were collected, simultaneously, through a nested case-control study. Injury rates were adjusted for within-household correlation. Adjustment analyses addressed potential biases. Case-control data were analyzed using multivariate methods. For 1999 and 2001, respectively, 8, 3 13 and 7,812 persons incurred 1,191 and 1,138 injury events. Annualized injury rates per 1,000 persons for <20 years, were 146.0 and 144.8. Primary sources of agriculture-related injuries were: animals (41%; 32%) and falls (31%; 32%); in 1999 and 2001, 16% and 19%, respectively, identified >7 days of lost agricultural work time, associated with agriculture-related injuries and 17% and 15% for other injuries. From case (n=203; 222) - control (n=755; 1131) data, in respective years, increased risks (ORs and 95% CIs) were: operating/riding in a motor vehicle (3.7, 2.2-6.2; 2.8, 1.7- 4.8); riding on (1.8, 1.2-2.6; 1.3,0.9-1.9) or operating a tractor (1.6, 1.02-2.5; 2.0, 1.2-3.1); operating large (1.5, 0.9-2.3; 1.6, 1.0-2.6) and small (1.4, 0.9-2.1; 1.7, 1.1-2.7) equipment; working with horses (2.3, 1.5-3.4; 2.0, 1.3-3.0), sheep (2.3, 1.2-4.3; 2.0, 1.2- 3.3), beef cattle (2.0, 1.4-2.9; 2.1 , 1.4-2.9) and dairy cattle (1.4, 0.9-2.2; 1.5, 0.9-2.5). Identification of the total injury burden, on agricultural operations, and risk factors for agriculture-related injuries, suggest opportunities for interventions and further research. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Demography Environmental Monitoring Family Farmers Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Agricultural-processes Agricultural-workers Analytical-processes Children Demographic-characteristics Exposure-assessment Exposure-levels Exposure-methods Families Injuries Injury-prevention Occupational-exposure Occupational-hazards Quantitative-analysis Risk-factors Statistical-analysis

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• ISSN:
  0002-9262
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  161
• Issue:
  11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20037708
• Citation:
  Am J Epidemiol 2005 Jun; 161(11)(Suppl):S64
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Performing Organization:
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Epidemiology
• Supplement:
  Suppl
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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