Occupational injuries among agricultural workers 51 to 61 years old: a national study

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• Personal Author:
  Davis CS ; Heeringa SG ; Sprince NL ; Wallace RB ; Whitten PS ; Zwerling C
• Description:
  A study was conducted on risk factors for occupational injuries among American farm workers 51 to 61 years of age. Data were obtained from the Health and Retirement Study. Of the 237 subjects identified, 38% were farm operators, 23% were farm workers, and 23% were gardeners and groundskeepers. No association was seen between subcategories of occupations or industry and occupational injury. The adjusted injury rate of 13.9/100 agricultural workers per year for this group of workers was more than 1.5 times the rate for other workers. Compared with nonagricultural workers, these agricultural workers had decreased odds ratios for the risk of occupational injury for males compared with females, hearing impaired workers compared with nonimpaired workers, and workers with jobs requiring physical activities or stooping and kneeling compared with those whose job did not require such activities. The odds ratio for risk of occupational injury was higher among these agricultural workers compared with other workers for self employment. Similar results were seen with multivariate modeling which indicated that self employment was a risk factor for injury among these agricultural workers and that poor hearing and jobs requiring good vision were protective from injury, in contrast to results seen among other workers. Sex, a job requiring heavy lifting, a job requiring good vision, and a history of alcohol abuse were considered potential risk factors. Other factors associated with risk of injury among older agricultural workers included depressive symptoms, and dissatisfaction with marriage, job, family, the way problems are handled, and life overall. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Agriculture Farmers Hearing Loss Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Age-factors Agricultural-workers Agricultural Workers Author Keywords: Occupational Injury Hearing-impairment Heavy Lifting Impaired Hearing Impaired Vision Manual-lifting Occupational-accidents Occupational-hazards Risk-factors Self-employment Survey Traumatic-injuries

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• ISSN:
  1074-7583
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  273-281
• Volume:
  1
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00230774
• Citation:
  J Agric Saf Health 1995 Nov; 1(4):273-281
• Contact Point Address:
  Prev Med & Environmental Hlth University of Iowa 100 Oakdale Campus, 124 Amrf Iowa City, IA 52242-5000
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1996
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19940930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health
• End Date:
  19970929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/205255/cdc_205255_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 69.10 KB ]