Open AccessPart‐time farmers and accidents with agricultural machinery: a moderated mediated model on the role played by frequency of use and unsafe beliefs
Author(s) -
Caffaro Federica,
Roccato Michele,
Cremasco Margherita Micheletti,
Cavallo Eugenio
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of occupational health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 59
ISSN - 1348-9585
DOI - 10.1539/joh.17-0061-br
Subject(s) - agriculture , psychological intervention , association (psychology) , agricultural machinery , timer , environmental health , occupational safety and health , work (physics) , psychology , medicine , engineering , psychiatry , geography , mechanical engineering , pathology , embedded system , psychotherapist , microcontroller , archaeology
Objectives We aimed at testing a model of the direct and indirect effects of being a part‐time farmer on the probability of being involved in an agricultural machinery‐related accident, considering the role played by unsafe beliefs and the frequency of use of machinery. Methods Two‐hundred and fifty‐two Italian men, regular users of agricultural machinery (age: Mean = 45.1 years, standard Deviation = 17.5), were administered a paper‐and‐pencil questionnaire addressing their relation with work, unsafe beliefs, and previous experience of machinery‐related accidents. Results Being a part‐time farmer showed a positive association with unsafe beliefs only among occasional machinery users. Unsafe beliefs in turn showed a positive association with accidents. Conclusions The study gave a novel contribution to the knowledge of the chain of events connecting part‐time farmers with machinery‐related accidents. Preventive training interventions targeting part‐timer farmers using agricultural machinery just occasionally should be developed.