Heyer N J, Franklin G, Rivara F P, Parker P, Haug J A
Occupational Epidemiology and Health Outcomes Program, University of Washington's Department of Environmental Health, Seattle 98195.
Am J Public Health. 1992 Apr;82(4):557-60. doi: 10.2105/ajph.82.4.557.
There is growing evidence that many children are injured while engaged in agricultural work. However, little specific information on farm work-related injuries among minors is available, probably because employment or workers' compensation data for children are hard to obtain.
Workers' compensation data were used to evaluate occupational injuries among children in Washington State from 1986 through 1989. The frequency and severity of injuries among minors doing farm work were compared with the distributions of injuries among minors working in food service and all other occupations by year of injury, age of injury, and month and hour of injury.
A total of 16,481 claims filed by children under age 18 were evaluated. Although farm workers accounted for only 7% of all claims, they made up 36% of claims filed by children under age 14, and 17% of claims filed by children aged 14 or 15. Injuries classified as serious accounted for 26% of farm worker claims compared with only 16% of all claims filed by children.
Although injury rates could not be developed owing to the lack of denominator data, this study demonstrates that farm work is dangerous for young children.
越来越多的证据表明，许多儿童在从事农业工作时受伤。然而，关于未成年人与农场工作相关伤害的具体信息很少，这可能是因为儿童的就业或工伤赔偿数据很难获取。
利用工伤赔偿数据评估1986年至1989年华盛顿州儿童的职业伤害情况。根据受伤年份、年龄以及受伤月份和时间，比较从事农场工作的未成年人的伤害频率和严重程度与在食品服务行业及所有其他职业工作的未成年人的伤害分布情况。
共评估了18岁以下儿童提交的16481份索赔申请。虽然农场工人仅占所有索赔申请的7%，但在14岁以下儿童提交的索赔申请中占36%，在14或15岁儿童提交的索赔申请中占17%。在农场工人的索赔申请中，被归类为严重伤害的占26%，而在儿童提交的所有索赔申请中仅占16%。
尽管由于缺乏分母数据无法得出伤害率，但本研究表明，农场工作对年幼儿童来说是危险的。
