AUTHOR
ABSTRACT
This
bulletin contains the results of a farm accident survey conducted
in 22 Maryland counties in 1974. The survey covered 1,231
commercial farms representing all major types of agriculture
in the state.
Briefly,
in Maryland during 1974:
- One
hundred seventy-five accidents reported on 1,231 farms.
- Doctor's
care was required in 95 percent of the reported accidents.
- Forty-six
percent of the victims were treated in hospital emergency
rooms.
- Twelve
percent of the victims were admitted to the hospital.
- Twenty-four
percent of the accidents were classified as slight; 2.2
percent resulted in permanent injury; 3.4 percent were fatal
and 70.4 percent were classified as severe.
- Seventy-two
percent of the total accidents were farm work related; 28
percent were non-work or leisure-time accidents.
- Farm
owner/operator and members of their families were involved
in 78 percent of the accidents; employees in 14.8 percent;
visitors and guests in 7.2 percent.
- Accident
rate for farm family members was 15.2 per 100,000 days worked;
for employees was 19.6 per 100,000 man-days worked.
- Tractors
and machinery were involved in 26.2 percent of the work-
related accidents; animals in 15.9 percent; hand and power
tools in 10.3 percent; other vehicles in 9.5 percent.
- An
average of 13 days per accident were lost from usual activities
due to the accidents reported (a total of 6.2 man-years
lost on the 1, 231 farms).
- Average
medical cost per accident reported was $298.65.
- Medical,
property damage and replacement labor costs totaled $62,
793. (For Maryland projects to approximately $3-4 million.)
- Of
those people having tractor or machinery related accidents:
one had one year in the 4-H tractor program; three had some
vocational agricultural; and one had hazardous occupations
training.
SOURCE AND
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE ID#
SOURCE:
Maryland: Cooperative Extension Service, University of Maryland;
1977. 15.
NLOM 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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