Factors That Influence Farm Safety Decisions of Young Adults When Entering Agricultural Grain Bins

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• Personal Author:
  Mosher GA ; Walls KN
• Description:
  The approaches that parents take in the supervision of youth who perform hazardous tasks on family farms can affect youth safety outcomes. This research examines the most significant factors affecting youths' decisions to enter agricultural grain storage facilities. Over 200 students attending a Midwestern land-grant university who had grain bin experience as youth completed a decision-making survey. Students chose from a list of actions in three realistic but hypothetical scenarios involving grain bin entry. Afterward, they ranked factors according to the level of importance in their decision. Although most participants chose options that emphasized safety when answering the scenario questions and held the "personal safety" factor in highest regard, some chose higher-risk options and valued "productivity." The findings revealed that youth held little value in their parents' authority and pressure when making decisions related to grain bin entry. The study's limitations are addressed, as are the implications of these findings for youth safety outcomes on family farms. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Decision Making Farmers Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Safety Author Keywords: Decision-making Decision Making External Pressures Farm Workers Farm Youth Safety Grain Bin Safety Grain Handling Safety Practices Young Workers
• 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:
  147-158
• Volume:
  27
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20068551
• Citation:
  J Agric Saf Health 2021 Jul; 27(3):147-158
• Contact Point Address:
  Kayla N. Walls, Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA
• Email:
  kwalls@iastate.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:095f2b6a7d044ca1b6a7ab83beda7e94a056bde5f5360ca64a2d2176187d999923de74f8465a61a338535e290fc203aad01fd3014a16bdd17629eac85ebb4ccd
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/207162/cdc_207162_DS1.pdf
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