TY - JOUR
T1 - Agricultural Injuries
T2 - Risk Factors and Severity by Affected Body Part among US (Midwest) Farmers
AU - Ouattara, Balkissa S.
AU - Beseler, Cheryl L.
AU - Rautiainen, Risto H.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention/National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health through the Co-operative Agreement U54 OH010162 to the Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (CS-CASH). The research team acknowledges the Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (CS-CASH) personnel for collecting and creating the database used for analyses regarding this manuscript.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Objectives: Statistics from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate that agriculture consistently ranks as the most hazardous industry in the US. To identify specific targets for prevention, we investigated injury risk factor profiles separately for each injured body site. We also characterized the severity of agricultural injuries by injured body site using the type of medical care and lost work time due to injury. Methods: We used the Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (CS-CASH) surveillance data for 2018 to perform descriptive statistics and regression modeling. Results: We found that 12% (513/4351) of the participants experienced one or more injuries in the previous 12 months. Compared to female operators, male operators had 3.53 (95% CI: 1.17–10.68) times higher odds of back injury. Operators in livestock production had 2.77 times (95% CI:1.12–6.82), 2.28 times (95% CI:1.25–4.14), and 1.69 times (95% CI:1.10–2.59) higher odds of injury to the chest/trunk, finger, and leg/knee/hip, respectively, compared to operators in crop or mixed production. After adjusting for age and gender, operators who worked full time (vs. part-time) on the farm/ranch had 2.11 times (95% CI:1.03–4.34) higher odds of back injury. Arm/shoulder and leg/knee/hip injuries were more frequent in older age groups. Conclusions: Prevention measures should be tailored considering specifically livestock producers with emphasis on trainings on proper livestock handling, such as being gentle, establishing routine, keeping distance, and avoiding sudden and loud noise when handling animals. Applying these techniques avoid startling the animals and reduce the risk of injuries.
AB - Objectives: Statistics from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate that agriculture consistently ranks as the most hazardous industry in the US. To identify specific targets for prevention, we investigated injury risk factor profiles separately for each injured body site. We also characterized the severity of agricultural injuries by injured body site using the type of medical care and lost work time due to injury. Methods: We used the Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (CS-CASH) surveillance data for 2018 to perform descriptive statistics and regression modeling. Results: We found that 12% (513/4351) of the participants experienced one or more injuries in the previous 12 months. Compared to female operators, male operators had 3.53 (95% CI: 1.17–10.68) times higher odds of back injury. Operators in livestock production had 2.77 times (95% CI:1.12–6.82), 2.28 times (95% CI:1.25–4.14), and 1.69 times (95% CI:1.10–2.59) higher odds of injury to the chest/trunk, finger, and leg/knee/hip, respectively, compared to operators in crop or mixed production. After adjusting for age and gender, operators who worked full time (vs. part-time) on the farm/ranch had 2.11 times (95% CI:1.03–4.34) higher odds of back injury. Arm/shoulder and leg/knee/hip injuries were more frequent in older age groups. Conclusions: Prevention measures should be tailored considering specifically livestock producers with emphasis on trainings on proper livestock handling, such as being gentle, establishing routine, keeping distance, and avoiding sudden and loud noise when handling animals. Applying these techniques avoid startling the animals and reduce the risk of injuries.
KW - Agricultural injuries
KW - body part
KW - risk factors
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U2 - 10.1080/1059924X.2022.2089421
DO - 10.1080/1059924X.2022.2089421
M3 - Article
C2 - 35703065
AN - SCOPUS:85132179314
SN - 1059-924X
VL - 28
SP - 214
EP - 223
JO - Journal of Agromedicine
JF - Journal of Agromedicine
IS - 2
ER -