Fall-related occupational injuries on farms

✍ Scribed by David L. Nordstrom; Peter M. Layde; Kurt A. Olson; Dean Stueland; Marilyn A. Follen; Laura Brand

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 527 KB
• Volume: 29
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0271-3586
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199605)29:5<509::aid-ajim10>3.0.co;2-4

✦ Synopsis

We assessed risk factors for fall-related farm injuries iti a population-based, case-control study. Cases had to reside in a defined geographic region served by a single medical center. Multiple sources reported cases, and a special farm census enabled random selection of controls. The annual risk offarm,fall injury was 7.5 (95% CI: 5.7, 10.0) per 1.OOO personyears. The crude incidence rate wus higher in men, while the rate based on hours of farmwork was higher in "omen. In a multivariate analysis of risk factors, three factors were significantly associated with the risk. The risk offall injury increased 2% (95% CI: I%, 4%) per hour worked. Residents ojfarms with some fartn workers not living on thejarm had a fall injury rate 2.5 (95% CI: 1.0, 6.2) times greater than residents qf other farms. Residents of farms with registered cows had one-third (95% CI: 0.14, 0.93) the risk of residents of other farms. To identify environmental hazards for fall injuries, researchers from several disciplines may need to collaborate in the design arid conduct of studies that include injury site investigations.