Agriculture Injuries with a Focus on Rural Roadway Safety: A Global Challenge

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• Personal Author:
  Peek-Asa, Corinne
• Description:
  Throughout the world, transportation-related injuries are among the leading causes of death for agricultural workers. Rural roadways pose unique risks that contribute to their high fatal crash rate per miles travelled when compared with other types of roads. This presentation will introduce the burden and risk factors for agricultural injuries with a focus on farm equipment safety in different types of global roadway settings. Two case studies will demonstrate the complex factors that contribute to crash risk, ranging from roadway design, to rural population demographics, to traffic safety culture. Effective rural roadway safety requires a multisectoral approach and will require input from all rural roadway users. Prevention and intervention approaches will be discussed within the public health framework, addressing primary, secondary and tertiary prevention and policy, engineering, and educational approaches. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Metals Minerals Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident Analysis Agricultural Safety Agriculture Motor Vehicles Risk Factors Transportation Vehicle Safety
• ISSN:
  1353-8047
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  22
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20052610
• Citation:
  Inj Prev 2016 Sep; 22(Suppl 2):A9
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa, Iowa City
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Injury Prevention
• Supplement:
  2
• End Date:
  20270929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/212116/cdc_212116_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 37.93 KB ]