1980 Utah Farm Accident Survey

  • Bilbao, Steven C.
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AUTHOR ABSTRACT

  • Most farm accident victims are husbands between the age of 25-44.
  • The majority of farm accidents are severe, resulting in sprains, fractures or lacerations to the foot and leg.
  • The month of July is especially hazardous.
  • The greatest number of farm accidents occur while the injured victim is treating livestock, usually cows, most often in the barnyard.
  • The accident rate per 100 farms in Utah during 1980 totaled 34.3, the illness rate 11.1.

SOURCE AND NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE ID#

SOURCE: Utah: Cooperative Extension Service, Utah State University; 1981. 15.

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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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