Household Youth on Minority Operated Farms in the United States, 2000: Exposures to and Injuries from Work, Horses, ATVs and Tractors

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• Personal Author:
  Goldcamp, E. Michael ; Hendricks, Kitty J. ; Layne LA ; Myers, John R.
• Description:
  It is likely that youth living on minority operated farms (<3% of U.S. farms) face hazards similar to the general farm population; however, since minority youth are not well represented by general farm surveys, this information hasn't been confirmed. Nonfatal injury and exposure data were obtained from the 2000 Minority Farm Operator Childhood Agricultural Injury Survey (M-CAIS). On racial minority farms, there were an estimated 28,600 household youth. Of these, about 41% worked, 26% rode a horse, 23% drove an ATV, and 23% operated a tractor. On Hispanic farms, there were an estimated 17,998 household youth. Of these, 44% worked, 30% rode a horse, 27% drove an ATV, and 25% operated a tractor. These results show the value of conducting a survey of minorities to identify high risk groups and target issues that may be unique to the minority farm population. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Aging Agriculture Farmers Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Race Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Age-factors Age-groups Agricultural-industry Agricultural-machinery Agricultural-workers Author Keywords: Agriculture Exposure-levels Injuries Injury Minority Occupational-exposure Occupational-hazards Racial-factors Surveillance Tractors Youth

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• ISSN:
  0022-4375
• 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
• Pages in Document:
  149-157
• Volume:
  36
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20027189
• Citation:
  J Safety Res 2005 Apr; 36(2):149-157
• Contact Point Address:
  NIOSH, 1095 Willowdale Road, M/S 1808, Morgantown, WV 26505, United States
• Email:
  khendricks@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Safety Research
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a1335580b02076ffd72511dd453d32a94b93c1328b37b47407c1f3fa58e3327d9210850bd73543393e2529a6ed891b8dda99d8f0b143947411155df68cdf03e8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/197501/cdc_197501_DS1.pdf
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