Incidence rates and trend of serious farm-related injury in Minnesota, 2000-2011

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• Personal Author:
  Alexander BH ; Landsteiner AMK ; Lindgren PG ; McGovern, Patricia M. ; Williams AN
• Description:
  Only about 2% of Minnesota's workers were employed in agriculture for the years 2005-2012, this small portion of the workforce accounted for 31% of the 563 work-related deaths that occurred in Minnesota during that same time period. Agricultural fatalities in Minnesota and elsewhere are well documented; however, nonfatal injuries are not. To explore the burden of injury, Minnesota hospital discharge data were used to examine rates and trends of farm injury for the years 2000-2011. Cases were identified through the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM), injury codes and external cause of injury codes (E codes). Probable cases were defined as E code E849.1 (occurred on a farm) or E919.0 (involving agricultural machinery). Possible cases were based on five less specific E codes primarily involving animals or pesticides. Multiple data sources were used to estimate the agricultural population. An annual average of over 500 cases was identified as probable, whereas 2,000 cases were identified as possible. Trend analysis of all identified cases indicated a small but significant average annual increase of 1.5% for the time period 2000-2011. Probable cases were predominantly male (81.5%), whereas possible cases were predominantly female (63.9%). The average age of an injury case was 38.5 years, with the majority of injuries occurring in late summer and fall months. Despite the undercount of less serious injuries, hospital discharge data provide a meaningful data source for the identification and surveillance of nonfatal agricultural injuries. These methods could be utilized by other states for ongoing surveillance for nonfatal agricultural injuries. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Agriculture Farmers Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Men Occupational Health Safety Women
• Keywords:
  Age-factors Agricultural-industry Agricultural-processes Agricultural-workers Author Keywords: Agricultural Injury Farm Health-services Hospital Discharge Data Injuries Injury-prevention Medical-services Medical-treatment Seasonal-activity Seasonal-factors Statistical-analysis Surveillance Surveillance-programs

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• ISSN:
  1059-924X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement ; Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  419-426
• Volume:
  20
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046868
• Citation:
  J Agromedicine 2015 Oct; 20(4):419-426
• Contact Point Address:
  Adrienne M. K. Landsteiner, PhD, Center for Occupational Health and Safety, Minnesota Department of Health, P.O. Box 64975, Saint Paul, MN 55164, USA
• Email:
  Adrienne.landsteiner@state.mn.us
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Performing Organization:
  Minnesota State Department of Health, St. Paul
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20100701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agromedicine
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/202147/cdc_202147_DS1.pdf
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