The Final Seed

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• Personal Author:
  Vance NK
• Description:
  It was planting season, and stress was high. Matt worried about the weather and worked around the clock to get his crop in the ground on time. He hadn't slept in three nights and was struggling to make decisions. "I remember thinking 'I wish I could pick you up and put you in the car like you do with a child,'" Ginnie says. "And then I remember thinking... and take you where? Who can help me with this? I felt so alone." Ginnie felt an "oppressive sense of dread" that intensified as the day wore on about her husband. At dinnertime, his truck was gone and Matt wasn't answering his phone. It was dark when she found the letter. "I just knew," Ginnie says. She called 911 immediately, but by the time the authorities located his truck, Matt had taken his life. A few years back, a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that people working in agriculture - including farmers, farm laborers, ranchers, fishers, and lumber harvesters - take their lives at a rate higher than any other occupation. The data suggested that the suicide rate for agricultural workers in 17 states was nearly five times higher compared with that in the general population. Warning signs of suicide are also listed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Farmers Forestry Health Promotion Hunting Mental Health Mortality Nervous System Occupational Health Public Health Safety Suicide

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• Keywords:
  Agricultural Industry Agricultural Safety Fatalities Fishing Industry Health Promotion Lumber Industry Workers Mental Health Psychological Responses Public Health
• Publisher:
  The Southwest Center for Agricultural Health, Injury Prevention, and Education
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20053266
• Citation:
  Monthly Safety Blast. Tyler, TX: The Southwest Center for Agricultural Health, Injury Prevention, and Education, 2018 Jan; :website
• Email:
  agcenter@uthct.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Texas Health Center at Tyler
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Monthly Safety Blast
• End Date:
  20270929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:469593d8dbd35fec10ab803096c0deeafca911c68badd5f5de60184e12bf3d279a03a84f546dcc8bafbe898da757315baef67b097a0217614f316238c1da0083
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/216058/cdc_216058_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 288.74 KB ]