AUTHOR
ABSTRACT
- Two
hundred eighteen (218) injuries were reported on 738 farms.
- One
accident was reported for every 3.4 farms, or there were
29.5 accidents per 100 farms in the study.
- Injuries
to all Arkansas farm residents would project to almost 15,
000 during the survey period.
- A
majority (64.2 percent) of all injuries reported were considered
severe, 34.9 percent were classified as slight, and .9 percent
permanent.
- Almost
70 percent of all injuries reported were from work-related
accidents with 30 percent being nonwork injuries.
- Farm
families were involved in 79.1 percent of all accidents,
employees in 19.2 percent, and visitors in 1.5 percent.
- Males
suffered 80 percent of the total injuries reported.
- A
majority of the victims (63.8 percent) were between the
ages of 25 and 64. The 15-24 age group accounted for 16.9
percent of the injuries.
- Tractors
and farm machinery were involved in 37.7 percent of all
reported accidents.
- Livestock
treatment or handling was the cause of another 22.3 percent
of the injuries reported.
- The
accidents reported occurred on all types and sizes of farms.
SOURCE AND NATIONAL
LIBRARY OF MEDICINE ID#
SOURCE:
Little Rock, Arkansas: Cooperative Extension Service, University
of Arkansas; 1986. 11.
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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