@article{ref1,
title="Farm-related injury presenting to an Australian base hospital",
journal="Australian journal of rural health",
year="2003",
author="Franklin, Richard Charles and Davies, John N.",
volume="11",
number="6",
pages="292-302",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Data concerning farm-related injuries were collected from the Emergency Department at Tamworth Base Hospital over a 12-month period from 1 September 1997. AIM OF STUDY: The aim of the study was to collect information at a local level to establish baselines with a view to developing prevention strategies. All people who presented with a farm injury or illness to the emergency department participated in the study. RESULTS: During this period there were 384 injuries, of which nearly three-quarters were males (72.2%). Four injuries were fatal. The average rate of injury per 100 farms per annum in the service area of the Hospital was 30 per 100 farms (range 9-80 per 100 farms, per annum). Half (54.1%) of the people injured were employed at the time of the injury. Horses (21.1%) and motorcycles (15.8%) were the two most common injury agents. CONCLUSION: The information gained can be used to direct injury prevention at a local level and may be also used at the national level as a guide when grouped with other similar studies of different commodity groups.",
language="",
issn="1038-5282",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}