Farm Work Injuries Among a Cohort of Children in Kentucky, USA

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• Personal Author:
  Browning SR ; Reed DB ; Westneat SC
• Description:
  Children residing on farms with livestock may be at an increased risk for work-related injuries, compared to children who work on other commodity farms. This study characterizes children's work tasks on Kentucky farms and assesses whether children who work on beef cattle farms are at an increased risk for farm work injuries. The results of a cohort study of children aged 5-18 years (N=999 at baseline) working on family farms in Kentucky, followed for two consecutive years after an initial enumeration five years previously, found that 70% of the children were involved in animal-related chores. Across all age groups, children on beef cattle farms devoted a greater number of hours per week to farm work, compared to children living on other commodity farms, especially during the school year. For all children in the study, working more than 180 days per year, performing farm work independently, and working on a beef cattle farm (compared to other commodity farm), increased the risk of a farm work injury. However, none of these associations were statistically significant. For male children only, the performance of work tasks independently was significantly associated with a 2.4-fold increased risk (OR = 2.41; 95% CI: 1.15-5.06; P=0.02) for a farm work injury, after controlling for days of working, age, period of data collection, and commodity type of the farm. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Animal Husbandry Animals Cohort Studies Epidemiology Farmers Livestock Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Animal Husbandry Author Keywords: Agriculture Children Cohort Studies Farming Injuries Injury Young Workers
• ISSN:
  1232-1966
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  23
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20069083
• Citation:
  Ann Agric Environ Med 2016 Apr; 23(4):604-611
• Contact Point Address:
  Steven R. Browning, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Suite 209B, 111 Washington Avenue, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0003, USA
• Email:
  srbrown@uky.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Kentucky
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20270929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:88c02ce9b15d4f7f5aaa30e85a141ddef9cd3ddbb26f676ab399e832add691f57bc872eddf6df8548cfea1f05459fa23c839bb21cb2042fac8b3c18c4c269a74
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/207629/cdc_207629_DS1.pdf
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