Preliminary Report of Epidemiological Research into Traumatic Accidents in Mechanized Agriculture / 日本農村医学会雑誌

ABSTRACT

A preliminary investigation on the traumatic accidents of farmers engaged in mechanized agricultural work was carried out from the viewpoint of epidemiology.<BR>The incidence of traumatic accidents was higher in the group of machine operators than of non-operators, the male group than the female group, and the middle-age group and the group with over 4 years' career.<BR>It was found from the cohort study that for the recent several years the male operators have been constantly in the traumatizing risk, but in the case of female oprators the traumatizing risk is increasing in the recent few years.<BR>Traumatic accidents occured frequently during the busiest farming season and during 10-11 o'clock in the morning and3-5 o'clock in the afternoon.In the subjective symptoms a marked sign of fatigue<BR>From these facts, the high incidence of traumatic accidents might be attributed to the great strain of mechanized agricultural work. was found.<BR>Authors keenly feel the necessity of ergonomic case-study on each traumatic accident.