AUTHOR
ABSTRACT
The
data collected revealed the following:
- Male
full-time employees between the ages of 25-44 years exhibited
the highest accident rates.
- Most
accidents occurred during midmorning and midafternoon.
- Most
of the accidents occurred in February, April and May.
- The
largest percentage of injuries and illnesses occurred by
being struck against or by object, and slips and falls from
different levels.
- Feet
and back were parts of the body most frequently injured.
- Animal
handling accidents category had the highest frequency rate.
- One
accident occurred per 2.7 number of farms interviewed.
- Farm
yards and farm buildings were the locations reporting the
most accidents and illnesses.
- Accidents
and illnesses occurred the largest percentage of time during
the activity of routine chores.
SOURCE AND NATIONAL
LIBRARY OF MEDICINE ID#
SOURCE:
Arizona: Cooperative Extension Service; [1977?]. 11
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ID#: No
ID#.
This
document was extracted from the CDC-NIOSH Epidemiology of
Farm Related Injuries: Bibliography With Abstracts, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service,
Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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