Large machinery-related agricultural injuries across a five-state region in the Midwest

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• Personal Author:
  Gerberich, Susan G. ; Mandel J ; Reiner AM ; Ryan, Andrew D.
• Description:
  Objective: High agricultural injury related mortality and morbidity rates persist. This study addressed a knowledge gap regarding large machinery-related injury magnitude, consequences, and risk factors. Methods: From randomly selected Midwestern agricultural operations in 1999 and 2001, 7420 eligible households participated. Demographic, exposure, and injury data collected for four 6-month periods used a computer-assisted telephone interview. An a priori causal model enabled survey development, data analysis, and interpretation. Directed acyclic graphs, developed from this model, facilitated potential confounder identification for specific exposures in multivariate analyses. Results: The injury rate was 12.82 events per 1000 persons per year. Increased risk was associated with male gender, increasing age, state of residence, history of prior injury, and increasing hours worked per week. Conclusions: Large machinery-related agricultural injuries can result in significant consequences. Associated increased injury risks require further investigation and targeting of relevant interventions. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Agriculture Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Men Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Age-factors Agricultural-industry Agricultural-machinery Agricultural-processes Agricultural-workers Equipment-operators Health-surveys Injuries Injury-prevention Machine-operation Machine-operators Mathematical-models Risk-analysis Risk-factors Statistical-analysis Surveillance Tractors Work-intervals

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  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:
  154-161
• Volume:
  58
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20047410
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2016 Feb; 58(2):154-161
• Contact Point Address:
  Susan Goodwin Gerberich, PhD, MSPH, University of Minnesota, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Office: 1156 Mayo Memorial Building, 420 Delaware Street SE, MMC - 807, Minneapolis, MN 55455
• Email:
  gerbe001@umn.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Performing Organization:
  University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19980930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20020929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:fdafefc3d5aa123664a3986bf44dec76a851c215eb11ac98cd4c01da6dac1621f8bb5a7e4a764518863b5005714a9fde6143ab835adf7e35279d92713340ee94
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/202482/cdc_202482_DS1.pdf
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