| Document ID (ISN) | 75138 |
| CIS number |
00-1023 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0271-3586 - American Journal of Industrial Medicine |
| Year |
1999 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Lyman S., McGwin G., Enochs R., Roseman J.M. |
| Title |
History of agricultural injury among farmers in Alabama and Mississippi: Prevalence, characteristics and associated factors |
| Bibliographic information |
May 1999, Vol.35, No.5, p.499-510. 36 ref. |
| Abstract |
There have been no studies of the prevalence, characteristics and factors associated with the history of prior farm injury among active farmers, nor with adequate numbers of black farmers to evaluate farm owner/farm worker and black/white differences. The sample in this survey is based upon surveys administered to active male farmers in rural counties in Alabama and Mississippi. Prior injury was more frequent among white owner/operators than among black workers and black owner/operators. In multiple logistic regression analyses, post-high school education and tiredness when farming were independently associated with prior injury in black owner/operators. In white owner/operators, age ≥ 60 years, post-high school education, full-time farming, tractor use, more pieces of machinery, hurry when farming and alcohol consumption were associated with prior injury. In black workers, only being very careful was associated with prior injury. The results suggest that prevention efforts focussing on alcohol consumption, fatigue and hurry when farming might reduce injuries. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
occupational accidents; agriculture; injuries |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
Mississippi; frequency rates; safety consciousness; Alabama; alcoholism; mortality; alcohol consumption and accidents; agricultural equipment; degree of skill; tractors; questionnaire survey; long-term study; fatalities; statistical evaluation; history; race-linked differences |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Agriculture, fishing, animal husbandry
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Industries and occupations
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Alcohol and drug abuse
Agriculture
|
