Risks of fatal injuries to farm workers 55-years of age and older

• Published in: American journal of industrial medicine Vol. 36; no. S1; pp. 29 - 30
• Main Authors: Myers, John R., Hard, David L., Snyder, Karl A., Casini, Virgil J., Cianfrocco, Rosemary, Fields, Judy, Morton, Linda
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.09.1999
• Subjects: Accidents, Occupational - mortality; Age Factors; Aged; agricultural production; Agricultural Workers' Diseases - etiology; Agricultural Workers' Diseases - mortality; Cause of Death; farming; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; occupational health and safety; older workers; Population Surveillance; Risk Factors; United States - epidemiology; USA; work environment; work-related deaths; Wounds and Injuries - etiology; Wounds and Injuries - mortality; United States
• ISSN: 0271-3586; 1097-0274
• DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199909)36:1+<29::AID-AJIM11>3.0.CO;2-Y

Agricultural production has long been identified as one of the most hazardous industries in the United States [National Safety Council, 1972; Myers and Hard, 1995], as well as in Canada, Australia, and parts of Europe [Meng, 1991; Stout et al., 1990; National Safety Council, 1995]. Previous studies have identified older workers (generally above the age of 54-years) to be the segment of the agricultural workforce which is at the highest risk for occupational fatalities in the United States [ Purschwitz and Field, 1986; Myers and Hard, 1995; Kisner and Pratt, 1997]. To understand better the characteristics of these fatalities to older agricultural workers, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) analyzed data from two national occupational fatality surveillance systems: the National Traumatic Occupational Fatalities (NTOF) surveillance system, and the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) surveillance system.