Pedersen D H, Wilkins J R, Bean T L, Mitchell G L, Crawford J M, Jones L A
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Appl Occup Environ Hyg. 1999 May;14(5):299-305. doi: 10.1080/104732299302882.
In response to congressional concerns, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) initiated a multistate agricultural surveillance effort in 1990. The Farm Family Health and Hazard Surveillance (FFHHS) program involved separate population-based surveillance efforts by six state agencies or universities which gathered health and hazard data on farm operators and farm families. The results of the Ohio program are presented as an example of the data collection capabilities developed during the course of this project, which include the application of these data in documenting the prevalence of specific agricultural occupational hazards as well as the current attitudes of agricultural operators toward control and elimination of safety and health hazards. Specifically, three operationally defined areas of hazard audit (Structures, Landscape, and Mobile Equipment) are examined for the prevalence of such safety hazards as potential electrical shock, slippery or badly maintained walkways, inadequate chemical and fuel storage, and missing farm equipment moving-part guards. Questionnaire survey response examples are presented as an indication of farm operator attitudes toward safety and health training, on-site professional service access, and use of personal protective equipment. Current plans for data use and distribution, and the potential applications of the data as an occupational safety and health tool are also discussed.
为回应国会的关切，美国国家职业安全与健康研究所（NIOSH）于1990年启动了一项多州农业监测工作。农场家庭健康与危害监测（FFHHS）项目涉及六个州机构或大学分别开展的基于人群的监测工作，这些机构收集了农场经营者和农场家庭的健康与危害数据。俄亥俄州项目的结果作为该项目过程中所发展的数据收集能力的一个例子呈现出来，其中包括这些数据在记录特定农业职业危害的流行情况以及农业经营者当前对控制和消除安全与健康危害的态度方面的应用。具体而言，对三个在操作上定义的危害审计领域（建筑物、场地和移动设备）进行检查，以了解诸如潜在触电、人行道湿滑或维护不善、化学品和燃料储存不足以及农场设备运动部件防护装置缺失等安全危害的流行情况。给出问卷调查回复示例，以表明农场经营者对安全与健康培训、现场专业服务获取以及个人防护设备使用的态度。还讨论了当前的数据使用和分发计划，以及这些数据作为职业安全与健康工具的潜在应用。
