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Citation

Steffen RW, Frazier KW, Watson DG, Harrison TV. J. Agric. Saf. Health 2007; 13(4): 349-355.

Affiliation

Department of Agriculture, Illinois State University, Normal 61790-5020, USA. rwsteff@ilstu.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, American Society of Agricultural Engineers)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

18075011

Abstract

This study elicited the perceptions and concerns of custom harvesters regarding safety and health issues faced in their operations, self-perceived knowledge of selected regulations, and self-perceived ability to train employees on the safe operation of equipment. The average age of custom harvesters' (CH) employees was 22 to 25 years (47.2%). The most common length of the harvest season was 5 to 6 months (70.9%). The most common responses to length of work day were 9 to 11 hours (34.5%) and 12 to 14 hours (54.5%). In general, CH ranked combine operation experience as most important when hiring employees. The CH felt inexperience was the leading contributor to lost-time incidents. They were most concerned about DOT regulations and Worker's Compensation rules, but also felt they had a good knowledge of those areas.


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