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Work-Related Farm Injuries in Michigan: First Report (January 2015 – December 2016)

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    Michigan State University's Occupational and Environmental Medicine Division compiles data on work-related farm injuries in the state of Michigan. This is the first report on occupational farm-related injuries in Michigan; it covers two years, 2015 and 2016. These are the key findings: Work-related farm injuries were identified through hospital medical records. 1) In 2015, there were 677 work-related farm injuries in 668 individuals, nine individuals had two injuries. 2) In 2016, there were 882 farm work-related injuries in 871 individuals. 3) Over the two years combined, there were 1,559 work-related farm injury incidents that represented 1,525 individuals; 20 individuals each sustained 2 unique farm injuries in the same calendar year, 13 individuals had 2 unique farm injuries in two different calendar years and one individual who sustained two unique farm injuries in two different calendar years and a second injury in one of the calendar years. The most common type of medical encounter was an emergency department visit (1,347; 86.4%). Seventy-four percent of all farm-related injuries were among men, 89.5% were among Caucasians. The most common part of the body injured was an upper limb (2,287; 38.2%), followed by a lower limb (663; 23.7%). The most common type of injury were contusions (412; 26.4%) and fractures (311; 19.9%) which accounted for almost half of all farm injuries. Injuries caused by cows were the predominant cause of work-related farm injuries and accounted for one third (472; 31.5%) of all injuries. Dairy farms accounted for 39.6% of all cases for which the farm type was recorded by a health care provider. Owners/operators accounted for 44.1% and hired hand for 42.9% of all individuals working on a farm. Commercial insurance was the expected payer in 557 (41.7%) cases, followed by Workers' Compensation in 323 (24.2%) cases. [Description provided by NIOSH]
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  • Series:
    Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
  • Publisher:
    Michigan State University
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Funding:
    Cooperative Agreement
  • Genre:
    Report
  • Place as Subject:
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • Pages in Document:
    1-27
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:20066794
  • Citation:
    East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University, 2018 May; :1-27
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    2018
  • Performing Organization:
    Michigan State University
  • Peer Reviewed:
    False
  • Start Date:
    20050701
  • Source Full Name:
    Work-related farm injuries in Michigan: first report (January 2015 - December 2016)
  • End Date:
    20260630
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    urn:sha-512:95ec009ec1e67bb8e0365c60d1eb77e24d23349426c91a32a6e1f4ce53071a621df9c8429a9924a6fea36c92ff01c400a83ccd6d3e9b6fe68918426fc30c7dcd
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