An Overview of Agricultural Injuries in Florida from 2015–2019

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• Personal Author:
  Diehl D ; Galindo S ; Gorucu S ; Weichelt B
• Description:
  The purpose of this study was to examine and describe fatal and non-fatal agricultural injuries documented in Florida. We used Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) data and AgInjuryNews (AIN) data from 2015 through 2019 to identify 48 fatal and 187 non-fatal injuries during the five-year study period, with 86% (40 fatal, 175 non-fatal) of these injuries being occupational. A total of 101 (43%) people were injured as a result of transportation incidents. Major injury sources were vehicles (46%) and environmental sources (heat, lightning, etc.) (14%). Using AIN data, we identified risks for youth under the age of 18 and for individuals age 65 and older. This study suggests the need for additional injury surveillance efforts to gather demographic information to identify at-risk populations. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Agriculture Automobiles Epidemiology Mortality Occupational Health Safety Transportation
• Keywords:
  Accident Rates Agricultural Industry Author Keywords: Agriculture Fatal Fatalities Injuries Injury Motor Vehicles Surveillance
• ISSN:
  1074-7583
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  135-146
• Volume:
  27
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20068064
• Citation:
  J Agric Saf Health 2021 Jul; 27(3):135-146
• Contact Point Address:
  Serap Gorucu, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
• Email:
  serapgorucu@ufl.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20080930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20250929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5ae5e930f11e57e42b2c4a556547c3c9c4020849adab3a997110b40bbdf94fbd133b4a1967ea1f13e59d1f8460ed8560bdde7bb96ac877417b0cdb3300e5b40f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/230283/cdc_230283_DS1.pdf
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