Characteristics of Agriculture Related Motor Vehicle Crashes in Rural New York State

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• Personal Author:
  Hirabayashi L ; Jenkins P ; Jones N ; Krupa N ; Scott E
• Description:
  Objective: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data have shown that agriculture, forestry, and fishing as an occupational group have the third highest rate of work-related roadway crashes. Agriculture-related crashes have been explored in the Midwest and South; however, we know little about agriculture-related crashes in the Northeast, especially in New York. Methods: To better understand this, researchers obtained motor vehicle crash data from 2010 to 2012 from the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (NYSDMV). These data were then filtered to agriculture-related cases by both vehicle registration type and vehicle body type. Results: We identified 203 agriculture-related vehicle crashes, involving 381 vehicles and 482 people. Of the agriculture incidents, 91.6% caused property damage, while 36.0% caused injury. The case fatality rate for roadway vehicle crashes was nearly five times as great (2.0/0.4 = 5.00) for agriculture versus non-agriculture crashes (p = 0.0003). Conclusion: Using these data as a supplement to the New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health's existing surveillance system provided information useful in setting priorities involving roadway safety. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Agriculture Automobiles Farmers Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident Rates Accidents Agricultural Machinery Author Keywords: Agriculture Crash Farm Equipment Farm Workers Motor Vehicles Roadway
• ISSN:
  1059-924X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; New York ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  173-178
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20059386
• Citation:
  J Agromedicine 2020 Apr; 25(2):173-178
• Contact Point Address:
  Erika Scott, New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health, Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety, Bassett Medical Center, One Atwell Road, Cooperstown, NY 13326, USA
• Email:
  Erika.scott@bassett.org
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown, New York
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agromedicine
• End Date:
  20270831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:47106b84566722404ea33a5151fd11034fbb0d0ed7ff22faf45964903e2d4f627b26527d4ad441212075cd9a966f6130d8d03970c6c576b1e3ed12c2d787e8ca
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/223641/cdc_223641_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.14 MB ]