Agricultural Accidents in Farm Workers
Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing
;
: 643-650, 2007.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-56849
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
This study was to obtain information regarding to agricultural accidents in farm workers in the Kyungpook area.METHODS:
A questionnaire survey was carried out for 528 workers from the 1st to 31st of March, 2007. Frequency, percentage, mean and chi-square test with the SPSS program were used to analyze the data.RESULTS:
The causes of agricultural accidents include falling(29.0%), overseeing(18.9%), traffic accident(17.4%), putting between machinery(11.7%), crashing(5.3%), fire(0.6%) in the order of frequency. Injuries from agricultural accidents include fracture(44.7%) cerebral bleeding(10.4%), amputation(7.0%), airway obstruction(2.3%), burn(1.9%), drug addiction(1.9%) in the order of frequency. The largest proportion of the subjects of hospital treatment were in their 50s and belonged to the group of high-level economic state. Agricultural machinery collision was the most frequent cause among the subjects of hospital treatment.CONCLUSION:
These results suggest that carelessness can be a potential risk factor for agricultural accidents in farm workers. These findings may give useful information for developing agricultural accident prevention programs for farm workers.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Risk Factors
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Accident Prevention
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Risk factors
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
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