Understanding the Public Health Impacts of Farm Vehicle Public Road Crashes in North Carolina

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• Personal Author:
  Costello TM ; Luginbuhl RC ; Schulman MD
• Description:
  Discussions with groups of North Carolina farmers identified farm vehicle public road safety as their primary occupational health and safety concern. Findings of a mail survey of North Carolina growers participating in a North Carolina Department of Labor migrant housing inspection program indicated that over 97% of them felt less safe on North Carolina public roads now (1999) than five years prior (1995), and over 79% currently (1999) felt unsafe transporting farm vehicles on North Carolina public roads. Using both primary and secondary data, we explore the context of farm vehicle public road crashes, identify contributing individual and environmental risk factors, and estimate the public health cost. Recommendations and suggestions for future farm vehicle public road safety research and interventions are proposed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Agriculture Automobiles Farmers Occupational Health Public Health Safety Transportation
• Keywords:
  Accident Rates Accidents Agricultural Machinery Author Keywords: Agriculture Farm Vehicle Crashes Farm Workers Florida Iowa Michigan North Carolina Public Health Public Roads Risk Rural Tourism Urban Vehicle Safety

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• ISSN:
  1074-7583
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  19-32
• Volume:
  9
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20062046
• Citation:
  J Agric Saf Health 2003 Feb; 9(1):19-32
• Contact Point Address:
  Theresa M. Costello, Department of Psychology and Southeast Coastal AgroMedicine Center, Box 7801, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, US
• Email:
  tmcostello@mindspring.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Performing Organization:
  East Carolina University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20080929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5ea25280d69af374bc23e51805e9bb09de4d03db5e9e068f6c8b027e457793d443d70593747ddeeab5a930f63655181d1e9cf2aeb88a6198c3bf0575bd65de2c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/225368/cdc_225368_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 119.67 KB ]