Supplemental Surveillance: A Review of 2015 and 2016 Agricultural Injury Data from News Reports on AgInjuryNews.org

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• Personal Author:
  Gorucu S ; Weichelt B
• Description:
  Background: Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry is the most hazardous occupational sector in the USA. Even with this level of occupational risk, several national and state-level occupational injury surveillance programmes have been eliminated, leaving regional efforts to analyse multiple sources and compile data on agricultural injuries and fatalities. No up-to-date centralised national database for agricultural injuries/fatalities in the USA currently exists. Objective: Using the public data on AgInjuryNews.org, this study considered a wide range of variables to examine fatalities and injuries of the industry in 2015 and 2016. The results reported in this paper sought to explore and understand common data elements of US news reports. Methods: As of 5 April 2017, more than 3000 articles across 36 years were contained in the dataset. We selected 2 years to review, 2015 and 2016, which represented the most complete years to date; 2015 was the first year in which systematic collection was initiated by the AgInjuryNews.org team. Data were coded based on the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System source and event/exposure types. Results: A total of 1345 victims were involved in 1044 incidents. Leading sources of injuries were vehicles and machinery, and the most common event/exposure type was transportation. Conclusions: This study demonstrated that data from AgInjuryNew.org is consistent with previous literature, and it can supply up-to-date data as an open-source surveillance supplement, disseminated for health and safety stakeholders. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Automobiles Mortality Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Safety Transportation
• Keywords:
  Agriculture, Forestry And Fishing Fatalities Injuries Machinery Motor Vehicles Occupational Accidents Surveillance Programs
• ISSN:
  1353-8047
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Pennsylvania ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  228-235
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20057673
• Citation:
  Inj Prev 2019 Jun; 25(3):228-235
• Contact Point Address:
  Dr Bryan Weichelt, National Farm Medicine Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Institute (MCRI), Marshfield, WI 54449, USA
• Email:
  weichelt.bryan@mcrf.mfldclin.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20080930
• Source Full Name:
  Injury Prevention
• End Date:
  20250929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2198fae4681c8d352849d00f22a31b223f3d70cff049c5eacd571dbd85b975bd6df1d3924a33417bafcd65939265a066267b387261c2a65f28022c41821d6975
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/214940/cdc_214940_DS1.pdf
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