Journal article
Characteristics of Work- and Non-work-Related Farm Injuries
The Journal of rural health, Vol.31(4), pp.401-409
2015
DOI: 10.1111/jrh.12121
PMID: 26032601
Abstract
Farm-related injuries are an important public health problem in agriculture because of their impact on individuals, families, and farm operations. While surveillance programs such as the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries is available to track fatal agricultural injuries, more work is needed to examine the burden of nonfatal agricultural injuries.
Data involving agricultural injuries were collected from the Iowa Trauma Registry from January 1, 2005, through December 31, 2011. A total of 2,490 trauma patients were found to have been classified as having a farm-related injury. These nonfatal farm-related injuries were compared by work-relatedness, injury severity score, length of hospital stay, and hospital discharge status. Also reported are the age and gender of the trauma patients, as well as the population of the county in which the injury occurred.
In our analysis, we found that work- versus nonwork-relatedness had little effect on injury severity, but that work-related injuries did result in longer average hospital stays. Injuries occurring in counties of lower population size tended to be slightly more severe and be more likely to have nonroutine discharges.
Farm environments pose hazards which are persistent for those working and living on the farm, regardless of whether or not they are engaged in work-related activities. Public health prevention approaches that consider work and nonwork farm environments may be helpful in designing interventions to reduce injury.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Characteristics of Work- and Non-work-Related Farm Injuries
- Creators
- Nathan Gross - Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IowaTracy Young - Injury Prevention Research Center, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IowaMarizen Ramirez - Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IowaKathy Leinenkugel - Iowa Department of Public Health, Des Moines, IowaCorinne Peek-Asa - Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Journal of rural health, Vol.31(4), pp.401-409
- DOI
- 10.1111/jrh.12121
- PMID
- 26032601
- NLM abbreviation
- J Rural Health
- ISSN
- 0890-765X
- eISSN
- 1748-0361
- Publisher
- England
- Grant note
- 5 U54 OH007548-12 / NIOSH CDC HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2015
- Academic Unit
- Public Health Administration; Occupational and Environmental Health; Epidemiology; Nursing; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9983997317602771
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