Citation

Caffaro F, Roccato M, Micheletti Cremasco M, Cavallo E. J. Occup. Health 2018; 60(1): 80-84.

Affiliation

Institute for Agricultural and Earthmoving Machines (IMAMOTER) of the National Research Council (CNR) of Italy.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Japan Society for Occupational Health)

DOI

10.1539/joh.17-0061-BR

PMID

29093365

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: We aimed at testing a model of the direct and indirect effects of being a part-time farmer on the probability of being involved in an agricultural machinery-related accident, considering the role played by unsafe beliefs and the frequency of use of machinery.

METHODS: Two-hundred and fifty-two Italian men, regular users of agricultural machinery (age: Mean = 45.1 years, standard Deviation = 17.5), were administered a paper-and-pencil questionnaire addressing their relation with work, unsafe beliefs, and previous experience of machinery-related accidents.

RESULTS: Being a part-time farmer showed a positive association with unsafe beliefs only among occasional machinery users. Unsafe beliefs in turn showed a positive association with accidents.

CONCLUSIONS: The study gave a novel contribution to the knowledge of the chain of events connecting part-time farmers with machinery-related accidents. Preventive training interventions targeting part-timer farmers using agricultural machinery just occasionally should be developed.

Language: en

Keywords

Accident; Agricultural machinery; Part-time farmer; Unsafe belief