Costello T M, Schulman M D, Luginbuhl R C
Department of Psychology and Southeast Coastal AgroMedicine Center, Box 7801, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.
J Agric Saf Health. 2003 Feb;9(1):19-32. doi: 10.13031/2013.12347.
Discussions with groups of North Carolina farmers identified farm vehicle public road safety as their primary occupational health and safety concern. Findings of a mail survey of North Carolina growers participating in a North Carolina Department of Labor migrant housing inspection program indicated that over 97% of them felt less safe on North Carolina public roads now (1999) than five years prior (1995), and over 79% currently (1999) felt unsafe transporting farm vehicles on North Carolina public roads. Using both primary and secondary data, we explore the context of farm vehicle public road crashes, identify contributing individual and environmental risk factors, and estimate the public health cost. Recommendations and suggestions for future farm vehicle public road safety research and interventions are proposed.
与北卡罗来纳州农民群体的讨论表明,农用车辆在公共道路上的安全是他们主要的职业健康与安全问题。对参与北卡罗来纳州劳工部农民工住房检查项目的北卡罗来纳州种植户进行的邮件调查结果显示,超过97%的受访者认为,与五年前(1995年)相比,他们现在(1999年)在北卡罗来纳州的公共道路上感觉安全性降低了,超过79%的受访者目前(1999年)觉得在北卡罗来纳州公共道路上运输农用车辆不安全。我们利用一手和二手数据,探究农用车辆在公共道路上发生碰撞事故的背景,确定导致事故的个人和环境风险因素,并估算公共卫生成本。同时还针对未来农用车辆公共道路安全研究和干预措施提出了建议。