Occupational Injury and Disease Incidence and Risk Factors in Finnish Agriculture Based on 5-Year Insurance Records

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• Personal Author:
  Karttunen JP ; Rautiainen RH
• Description:
  The aim of this retrospective cohort study was to evaluate the incidence of and risk factors for compensated occupational injuries and diseases in agriculture. The study population consisted of 78,679 Finnish farmers, spouses, and salaried family members covered by mandatory workers' compensation insurance. This population had a total of 24,424 occupational injuries and 1684 diseases from 2000 to 2004. In the 5-year period, 20.2% of the population had (one or more) injuries and 2.0% had occupational diseases. Multiple claims were common particularly among livestock producers. Using Poisson regression analyses, we identified several personal and farm-related risk factors, with relative risk estimates ranging from 1.07 to 3.08 for injuries and from 1.45 to 3.01 for diseases. Cattle-intensive geographic regions, occupational health service membership, large farm size, and farming alone were identified as risk factors for both outcomes. Further, male gender, higher number of insurance years, and residing on the farm were among risk factors for injury. These risk factors identified from a large longitudinal data set can be considered for developing and targeting interventions for farmers at highest risk of occupational injury and disease. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Cohort Studies Farmers Livestock Occupational Diseases Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Workers Animal Handlers Animal Husbandry Workers Author Keywords: Agriculture Cohort Studies Cohort Study Compensated Claim Costs Disease Farmer Gender Injuries Injury Insurance Occupational Occupational Diseases Poisson Regression Risk Factor Risk Factors Workers Compensation

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• ISSN:
  1059-924X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Nebraska ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  50-64
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20055135
• Citation:
  J Agromedicine 2013 Jan; 18(1):50-64
• Contact Point Address:
  Janne P. Karttunen, TTS-Work Efficiency Institute, P.O. Box 5, FI-05201 Rajamäki, Finland
• Email:
  janne.karttunen@tts.fi
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Nebraska Medical Center - Omaha
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20110901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agromedicine
• End Date:
  20270831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:95eee6665bb1e7daa703e4ccc9596071600f291a1cf452c0fbe50c42463acb3a9beb4d3671c49b7cf71209973c60d8e56b08883419f70926e9d0174d42429cea
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/217498/cdc_217498_DS1.pdf
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