Citation

Caffaro F, Micheletti Cremasco M, Roccato M, Cavallo E. Int. J. Occup. Environ. Health 2017; 23(1): 52-59.

Affiliation

Institute for Agricultural and Earthmoving Machines (IMAMOTER) , National Research Council (CNR) , Torino , Italy.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Maney Pub.)

DOI

10.1080/10773525.2017.1404220

PMID

29155647

Abstract

Agriculture is among the most hazardous productive sectors, and farm machinery is a major source of injury. In the present study, a mediated model was used to test the role played by workers' characteristics, work environment factors, and near misses in predicting agricultural machinery-related accidents in a sample of Italian users (n = 290). Hours worked per week (via the mediation of an adverse work environment) showed a positive association and years of work experience (via the mediation of risk perception) showed a negative association with the probability of being involved in a near miss, which in turn showed a positive association with the probability of being involved in a machinery-related accident. Implications for tailored preventive interventions are discussed.

Language: en

Keywords

Agriculture; human factors; mediation model; near miss; occupational accident; risk perception