Strategies for Safety of Older Adult Farmers

Details

• Personal Author:
  Reed DB ; Teaster PB
• Description:
  This exploratory project solicited the perspectives of senior farmers, their spouses and their adult children, about farm work hazards, the ways farmers adapt farm tasks as they age, risk perception, and task decision-making processes. In addition, a working group of interdisciplinary professionals was established to support the academic/education/practice aspects of the exploration. The purpose was to develop a consensus statement based on input from this cohort that outlines the next steps in injury prevention strategies for older farmers. The specific aims were to: 1. Identify the top ten hazardous tasks of older (senior) farmers. 2. Develop a job hazard analysis matrix that includes the task hazards, minimum ability set, personal risk factors and action plan for the top ten hazardous tasks. 3. Test the feasibility of developing work guidelines or other injury prevention interventions for these hazards. 4. Establish sustainable work groups to design and test strategies and interventions identified in the consensus statement. Focus groups and personal interviews across seven states were conducted to obtain the perspectives of the farmers and their families (n=107). A group of agricultural health and safety professionals (n = 68) was developed through NIOSH agricultural centers, the International Society for Agricultural Safety and Health (ISASH), and the American Farm Bureau. Farmers attributed external factors (e.g. machinery, animals) as creating the greatest risk for injury while family members and the interdisciplinary professionals identified internal factors (e.g., vision, musculoskeletal issues, medication). Combining the expertise of all the stakeholders and analyzing the multiple perspectives of work risk of senior farmers assisted in developing the consensus statement on how to proceed in creating programs and products that can decrease the high injury and fatality rates of aging farmers while protecting their right to work. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Aging Agriculture Decision Making Farmers Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Age Factors Agricultural Workers Decision Making Injury Prevention Risk Factors Safety Practices
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-93
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20056169
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2019-101120
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, R21-OH-009494, 2013 Aug; :1-93
• Contact Point Address:
  Deborah B. Reed, PhD, University of Kentucky College of Nursing, 315 CON Building, Lexington, KY 40536-0232
• Email:
  dbreed01@uky.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Kentucky, Lexington
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20100801
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20130731
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:52a227a2df551d5a1f02808febbe2523565f97cc57cdb7e1feefa1033af247f29794f446ec0cae898933f56e86a0ea867d51851022e1ec4986cc29c67f9073b7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/218881/cdc_218881_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 10.76 MB ]