Citation

Hoskin AF, Miller TA. J. Saf. Res. 1979; 11(1): 2-13.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1979, U.S. National Safety Council, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

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Abstract

Farm accident surveys were conducted in 21 states using standardized definitions, forms, and sampling techniques. The pooled data included 24,703 farms on which 4176 injuries or illnesses were recorded. Information on exposure to farm work was collected and was used to calculate detailed work injury rates. An overall rate of 18.8 work injuries per million man-hours of exposure was found. Of the 2760 work injuries, 18% were animal-related and 414 in-depth by-level reports on these injuries were available for analysis. The computer program called Treesearch was used to identify characteristics and circumstances of animal accidents that occur with statistically significant frequency.