Farm vehicle crashes on public roads: analysis of farm-level factors.

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• Personal Author:
  Hamann C ; Harland K ; McFalls M ; Morris NL ; Peek-Asa, Corinne ; Ramirez M ; Zhu M
• Description:
  Purpose: Rural public roads experience higher crash fatality rates than other roadways, with agricultural equipment adding greater risk of injury and fatality. This study set out to describe farmers' experiences with farm equipment crashes and predictors of crashes at the farm level. Methods: A survey of farm operators was conducted in 9 Midwestern states (IL, IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD, and WI) in collaboration with the US Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistical Service. Findings: From 1,282 farms operating equipment on public roads in 2013, 7.6% of farmers reported that equipment from their farm had ever been in a crash (n = 97). Crashes occurred most often in June-August (44.0%) and were most often reported as being during the daytime (71.3%), on dry roads (79.4%), or in clear weather (71.4%). While most farmers responded that they were driving the farm equipment at the time of the crash (52.0%), nearly half of crashes involved their employees as the driver (48.0%). Crashes often went unreported to law enforcement (28.6%). Conclusion: To illustrate crash probabilities for farms with different profiles, we included farm acreage, crop farming, vehicle horsepower, annual miles driven, and the total number of farm vehicles driven on public roads in a predictive model. Large crop farms of 241+ acres, those who drove farm vehicles 1,430+ miles per year, and those with 20 or more farm vehicles had the highest probability of crash of 0.14. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Agriculture Automobiles Farmers Occupational Health Safety Transportation
• Keywords:
  Agriculture; Drivers; Motor Vehicles; Agricultural Machinery; Transportation; Farm Workers; Farmers; Accidents; Accident Rates; Agricultural Safety; Safety Research; Intervention; Author Keywords: Agricultural Equipment; Farm Survey; Farm Vehicle Crashes; Rural Road Safety; Traffic Safety
• ISSN:
  0890-765X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement ; Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; Minnesota ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  38
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065490
• Citation:
  J Rural Health 2022 Summer; 38(3):537-545
• Contact Point Address:
  Matthew McFalls, MPH, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware St. SE, Mayo Mail Code (MMC) 807, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0381, USA
• Email:
  mcfal012@umn.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa, Iowa City
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  The Journal of Rural Health
• End Date:
  20270929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/248877/cdc_248877_DS1.pdf
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