Traumatic injuries in agriculture.
Hard-D; Myers-JR; Gerberich-SG
Agricultural Safety & Health Conference. Using Past and Present to Map Future Actions, March 2-3, 2001, Baltimore, MD. Chicago, IL: Univeristy of Illinois at Chicago, 2001 Mar; :1-12
Traumatic injury in agriculture has been identified as a major cause of mortality and morbidity among farm workers and others exposed in this environment. In 1988, there was consensus on the need for a national surveillance system that captured both agricultural mortality and morbidity. Additionally, surveillance systems were needed to identify exposure data and risk factors for workers in agriculture. While no single national surveillance system presently exists for the collection of data on all agricultural injuries, strides have been made in addressing specific concerns and recommendations. In 1992, BLS instituted the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries and revised the Annual Survey for non-fatal injuries, resulting in a more accurate picture of the scope and magnitude of agricultural injuries on larger farms. NIOSH conducted a national survey, the Traumatic Injury Surveillance of Farmers project, between 1994 and 1996 to obtain national agricultural nonfatal injury estimates. In addition, grants have been funded to explore regional surveillance efforts, such as RRIS-II. In recent years, national and regional injury surveillance efforts, that include nonfatal events, have focused on targeted agricultural populations such as youth. These efforts serve as potential models for future efforts.
Injuries; Agricultural-industry; Agricultural-workers; Agriculture; Agricultural-machinery; Agricultural-chemicals; Farmers; Traumatic-injuries; Accident-prevention; Injury-prevention; Mortality-data; Mortality-rates; Mortality-surveys; Morbidity-rates; Surveillance-programs
Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City , IA 52242-5000
Agricultural Safety & Health Conference. Using Past and Present to Map Future Actions, March 2-3, 2001, Baltimore, MD