TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1996//
TI  - Australian farm work injuries: incidence, diversity and personal risk factors
JO  - Australian journal of rural health
A1  - Low, J. M.
A1  - Griffith, G. R.
A1  - Alston, C. L.
SP  - 179
EP  - 189
VL  - 4
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1038-5282
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -