Cost of Agricultural Injuries and Occupational Diseases in Finland

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• Personal Author:
  Burmeister L ; Donham, Kelley ; Eskola E ; Rautiainen, Risto ; Reynolds S ; Saarimaki P ; Sprince N ; Zwerling C
• Description:
  Background. Agriculture is a hazardous occupation, however, little cost information exists and interventions are often planned in the absence of cost data. This study was designed to provide cost information for targeting research and intervention. The study used 1996 claims data (n=10,992) from the Finnish farmers workers compensation, which covers all farmers (n=132,118) and provides various types of compensation. Objectives. The objectives were to characterize injury and occupational disease claim costs, identify costly claim types, and quantify risk factors associated with costs. Methods. One-way ANOVA was used to identify characteristics associated with high claim costs. General Linear Models procedure was used to measure the effect of risk factors while adjusting for other risk factors. Outcome variables included total cost, medical cost, lost time compensation, permanent disability pension, and rehabilitation. Risk factor variables included age, sex, income, type of work, cause, type of incident, and type of injury. Results. The total insurance costs in 1996 were 23.5 million EUR and consisted of medical (16%), lost time (37%), accident pension (23%), survivors' pension (3%), inconvenience allowance (7%), rehabilitation (6%) and other costs (9%). The mean injury cost was 1,099 EUR and the mean occupational disease cost was 4,380 EUR. The most costly types of injury/illness included asthma, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, brain and spinal cord injury, amputation, skin disorder, and bone fracture. Transportation, commuting, livestock, horses, and forestry work caused costly claims. Multivariable analysis showed that age, personal cumulative claim rate, income, work activity, type of incident, and type of injury had a significant effect on total cost. Sex, worker status, and injury month had no effect. Conclusions. From the cost standpoint, prevention priorities include large animals, organic dusts, floors and walkways, slippery and uneven terrain, sudden movements, scaffoldings, ladders, stairs, wagons, circular saws, tractors, and repetitive motion. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Animals Asthma Asthma, Occupational Demography Dermatitis Dust Epidemiology Ergonomics Farmers Forestry Hypersensitivity Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Nervous System Nervous System Diseases Occupational Diseases Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Sex Characteristics

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• Keywords:
  Agricultural-chemicals Agricultural-industry Agricultural-machinery Agricultural-workers Bone-disorders Brain-disorders Bronchial-asthma Demographic-characteristics Forestry-workers Injuries Occupational-diseases Organic-dusts Power-tools Risk-analysis Risk-factors Sex-factors Spinal-cord-disorders Statistical-analysis Tractors Traumatic-injuries

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• Publisher:
  American Industrial Hygiene Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Iowa ; 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:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026307
• Citation:
  American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, June 1-6, 2002, San Diego, California. Fairfax, VA: American Industrial Hygiene Association, 2002 Jun; :1
• Email:
  risto-rautiainen@uiowa.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Performing Organization:
  Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-5000
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20000801
• Source Full Name:
  American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, June 1-6, 2002, San Diego, California
• End Date:
  20020731
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3d2a9d27033a5ac9a1e1a6c3e098e3ff877570cea04e7ee093711af7b555ac0af68aed74692c67d234304858298617a367af312fda7dd4a1a1a1a2a1852f6259
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/197257/cdc_197257_DS1.pdf
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