Fatal Harmful Substances or Environmental Exposures in Agriculture, 1992 to 1996

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• Personal Author:
  Adekoya, Nelson ; Myers, John R.
• Description:
  Data from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries surveillance system from 1992 through 1996 were analyzed to allow a better understanding of exposures to harmful substances or environments that resulted in agricultural work fatalities. There were 357 fatalities as a result of these exposures in the agriculture production and agriculture services sectors, representing 10% of all work-related deaths that occurred in these industry sectors during this period. Contact with electric current represented 52.9% of these fatalities. Agricultural services reported 87 electrocutions, 50 of which occurred among tree trimmers. The events most likely to result in fatalities were contact with overhead power lines (26.3%) and drowning (17.1%). The overall fatality rate was 2.1 deaths per 100,000 workers. The development of appropriate hazard-awareness training for workers, such as that for electrical and drowning-related hazards, may help prevent future deaths in these industry sectors. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Movements Dust Laboratories Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-chemicals Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Electrical-hazards Exposure-assessment Exposure-levels Exposure-methods Mortality-data Mortality-rates Mortality-surveys
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  41
• Issue:
  8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20025812
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 1999 Aug; 41(8):699-705
• Contact Point Address:
  Nelson Adekoya, DrPH, Division of Safety Research, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1095 Willowdale Rd., P-180, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7c7135a0e4cb6f147f39cde46ad7a10eab0112fa4656a6086dd1b7cfeb69a95da4eb6d8439197a8ecaf4e3410ea304e63594aa96ce1508f967b99dd5533d4807
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/197028/cdc_197028_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 4.57 MB ]