@article{ref1,
title="Australian farm work injuries: incidence, diversity and personal risk factors",
journal="Australian journal of rural health",
year="1996",
author="Low, J. M. and Griffith, G. R. and Alston, C. L.",
volume="4",
number="3",
pages="179-189",
abstract="Information on farm work-related injuries was sought to assist in the design of effective farm safety prevention programs. A telephone survey was conducted using a stratified random sample of 919 sheep/wool, beef cattle and dryland broadacre cropping farms from three shires in the wheat/sheep belt of New South Wales. The adjusted response rate was 84%. There were 425 reported injuries over an 18-month period. One in five farms reported at least one injury per year, while one in 12 farms reported at least one serious injury per year. Animal-related injuries were the largest major category for agent of injury, while the largest category for nature of injury was sprain and strain, recording almost one-quarter of all injuries. The farm workshop or shed was the most common location of injury, with more than 20% of all reported injuries occurring there. Personal risk factors thought to contribute to these farm work-related injuries were examined. The statistically significant personal risk factors for injury occurrence were age (and/or experience), previous injury status, body mass index, hours of sleep, a variable measuring daytime drowsiness and a variable measuring perceived stress.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1038-5282",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}