Tractor Overturns and Farm Safety Exposure Data- Farms and Ranches, U.S. 2006

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• Personal Author:
  Hard, David L. ; Hendricks, Kitty J. ; Layne LA ; Myers, John R.
• Description:
  Hazard surveillance is a valuable tool for assessing the prevalence of known injury and health risks in a variety of settings. These data are also useful in tracking the adoption of interventions within specific groups. The following are selected results from a national farm hazard survey conducted for NIOSH by the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) in 2006. Topics covered include farm tractor overturns, manure pits, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), grain storage, and the use of underground power lines on farms across the U.S. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Farmers Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Machinery Farm Workers Surveillance Tractors
• Publisher:
  The National Institute for Farm Safety, Inc. (NIFS)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20067506
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the National Institute for Farm Safety (NIFS) 2008 Annual Conference, June 22 - 26, 2008, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Urbana, IL: National Institute for Farm Safety, Inc., 2008 Jun; :1-2
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the National Institute for Farm Safety (NIFS) 2008 Annual Conference, June 22 - 26, 2008, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:316b0d6d0ac5c7fcd1895762131800b616a7a151300cc89bf5f8d4e65fe485d71d0b4494b11a8f0299763b2cc058a8059b4019c610f0527d517db569e15917b8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/231013/cdc_231013_DS1.pdf
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