Work-related agricultural fatalities in Australia, 1982-1984
| Autor: | James Harrison, Marianne Frommer, Saundra M. Erlich, T. R. Driscoll, James Leigh |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Population Poison control Suicide prevention Work related Occupational safety and health Occupational medicine Sex Factors Environmental health Injury prevention medicine Accidents Occupational Humans education Aged Aged 80 and over education.field_of_study Incidence Age Factors Australia Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Human factors and ergonomics Middle Aged Agricultural Workers' Diseases Geography Female |
| Zdroj: | Flinders University PURE Scopus-Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 1795-990X 0355-3140 |
| DOI: | 10.5271/sjweh.1486 |
| Popis: | Work-related agricultural fatalities were examined as part of a larger population-based study of all work-related fatalities in Australia in the period 1982-1984. A total of 257 farm-related fatalities were identified, of which 223 were deaths of persons in the employed civilian labor force (19.4 deaths per 100,000 persons per year) and 34 were deaths of children less than 15 years of age. The fatality incidence was higher among men, older age groups, and nonmanagers in general and in certain occupations in particular. Mobile mechanical equipment (particularly tractors) was the main fatal agent, roll-overs accounting for many of the fatalities. Better provision of information to agricultural workers, improvements in compliance to and enforcement of legislation, and changes in farming work practices are recommended to improve the safety of farms and farm work. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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