@article{ref1,
title="Assignment of work involving farm tractors to children on North American farms",
journal="American journal of industrial medicine",
year="2001",
author="Marlenga, Barbara L. and Pickett, William and Berg, R. L.",
volume="40",
number="1",
pages="15-22",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Children are at high risk for tractor-related injury. The North American Guidelines for Children's Agricultural Tasks (NAGCAT) provide recommendations for the assignment of tractor work. This analysis describes tractor-related jobs assigned to farm children and compares them to NAGCAT. METHODS: A descriptive analysis was conducted of baseline data collected by telephone interview during a randomized, controlled trial. RESULTS: The study population consisted of 1,138 children who worked on 498 North American farms. A total of 2,389 farm jobs were reported and 456 (19.1%) involved operation of farm tractors. Leading types of tractor jobs were identified. Modest, yet important, percentages of children were assigned tractor work before the minimum ages recommended by NAGCAT. CONCLUSIONS: Children on farms are involved in tractor work at a young age and some are involved in jobs that they are unlikely to have the developmental abilities to perform. NAGCAT is a new parental resource that can be applied to these work situations.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0271-3586",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}