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Severe farm injuries among New York farmers
Author(s) -
Hwang SyniAn,
Gomez Marta I.,
Stark Alice D.,
St. John Tonya Lowery,
May John J.,
Hallman Eric M.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
american journal of industrial medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1097-0274
pISSN - 0271-3586
DOI - 10.1002/ajim.1069
Subject(s) - medicine , occupational safety and health , environmental health , psychological intervention , logistic regression , incidence (geometry) , injury prevention , population , poison control , suicide prevention , occupational injury , nursing , physics , pathology , optics
Background Data from the telephone interview portion of the New York State Farm Family Health and Hazard Surveillance were used to study the incidence and predictors of severe farm injury. Methods One thousand seven hundred and six participants completed two telephone interviews in which they reported all injuries over a 12‐month period. Results Nine percent of participants reported at least one severe farm injury. Using logistic regression the significant risk factors for sustaining at least one severe farm injury are younger age, the presence of hearing loss or joint trouble, working more hours per day, being the owner/operator of the farm, and being from a farm with higher gross sales. Conclusions There needs to be continuing education of all farmers as to the risks of injury. However, when resources are limited, we recommend that injury education and interventions in this farming population should target younger farmers, those who work longer hours, owner/operators, farmers from higher grossing farms, with special attention to farmers who have physical impairments. Am. J. Ind. Med. 40:32–41, 2001. © 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.