Work-Related Injuries Among Iowa Farm Operators: An Analysis of the Iowa Farm Family Health and Hazard Surveillance Project

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• Personal Author:
  Burmeister LF ; Lewis MQ ; Sprince NL ; Torner JC ; Whitten PS ; Zwerling C
• Description:
  In 1994, the Iowa Farm Family Health and Hazard Surveillance Project carried out a two-stage, stratified, cluster survey of Iowa farms using a mail survey. With data from this representative sample of Iowa farmers, we examined the associations between farm-work-related injuries and possible risk factors for 390 principal farm operators. Forty (10.3%) of these operators reported being injured while doing farm work. We developed a logistic regression to assess associations between potential risk factors and injury. We found three factors significantly associated with injury: younger age (odds ratio [OR] = 3.1, confidence interval [CI] = 1.1-9.3), having an impairment or health problem that limits work (OR = 2.4, CI = 1.5-3.8), and hand or arm exposure to acids or alkalis (OR = 2.6, CI = 1.1-5.9). In the univariate analysis, safety training did not seem to protect farmers from injuries. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Agriculture Farmers Musculoskeletal System Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Age-factors Agricultural-industry Agricultural-machinery Agricultural-workers Agricultural Workers Arm-injuries Author Keywords: Occupational Injury Hand-injuries Injuries Occupational-hazards Occupational-health Risk-factors Risk Factors Sampling Sampling-methods Survey

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  33
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20023981
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 1998 May; 33(5):510-517
• Contact Point Address:
  Craig Zwerling, The University of Iowa, Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, 100 Oakdale Campus, Iowa City, IA 52242-5000
• Email:
  craig-zwerling@uiowa.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1998
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19900928
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  19980927
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:246026d471295214ba88282242bce005f6164003d9cee3bca5606b609920f2da5d96aa0598eb31327518748a1bd2609b13a9edb7ec63e503cae96cc61776de9d
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/196008/cdc_196008_DS1.pdf
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