Gorucu Serap, Murphy Dennis, Kassab Cathy
a Department of Biosystems Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture , Mustafa Kemal University , Hatay , Turkey.
J Agromedicine. 2015;20(2):125-39. doi: 10.1080/1059924X.2015.1010062.
Agriculture is one of the most hazardous industries in the United States. It is crucial to analyze the previously collected farm fatality data in Pennsylvania involving youth to identify fatality sources and to delineate prevention strategies to mitigate future occurrences. The Penn State Farm and Agricultural Injury Database was updated to include the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS) for source and event or exposure. Occupational and nonoccupational incidents were compared based on age groups, religious sect, source of injury, and the injury event or exposure. A total of 82 fatalities to youth under 20 years were identified. Youth under 5 years old had the highest fatality rate of 87.1 fatalities per 100,000 farm household youth per year. The percentages of occupational and nonoccupational fatalities were 30.5% and 62.2%, respectively. Three primary sources accounted for 76% of the 82 farm fatalities: vehicles, machinery, and structures and surfaces. The majority of fatally injured youth (78%) were Anabaptist. The Anabaptist youth were 7 times more likely to be involved in occupational incidents than the non-Anabaptist youth. Youth <10 years of age who were not alone at the time of the fatal incident accounted for about half of the deaths, indicating the peril of adults attempting to supervise youth in the workplace. This fatal injury analysis to youth has identified common fatality injury patterns and risk factors to youth. The data can be used to identify intervention strategies for youth and underserved populations (Anabaptists) and can be used to help motivate adults and parents to adopt safety practices to prevent future injury occurrences. This paper also helps to illustrate the value of state-based monitoring of farm injury to youth using methods available to many states and territories.
农业是美国最危险的行业之一。分析宾夕法尼亚州此前收集的涉及青少年的农场死亡数据，以确定死亡原因并制定预防策略，以减少未来此类事件的发生，这至关重要。宾夕法尼亚州立大学农场与农业伤害数据库已更新，纳入了职业伤害和疾病分类系统（OIICS），用于确定来源以及事件或暴露情况。基于年龄组、宗教派别、伤害来源以及伤害事件或暴露情况，对职业和非职业事故进行了比较。共确定了82起20岁以下青少年的死亡事件。5岁以下青少年的死亡率最高，每年每10万个农户家庭青少年中有87.1人死亡。职业死亡和非职业死亡的比例分别为30.5%和62.2%。82起农场死亡事件中有76%由三个主要原因导致：车辆、机械以及建筑物和表面。大多数受致命伤的青少年（78%）是再洗礼派。再洗礼派青少年卷入职业事故的可能性是非再洗礼派青少年的7倍。在致命事件发生时并非独自在场的10岁以下青少年约占死亡人数的一半，这表明成年人试图在工作场所监督青少年存在危险。此次针对青少年的致命伤害分析确定了常见的致命伤害模式和青少年面临的风险因素。这些数据可用于确定针对青少年和服务不足人群（再洗礼派）的干预策略，并可用于促使成年人和家长采取安全措施，以防止未来发生伤害事件。本文还有助于说明利用许多州和地区都能采用的方法，对青少年农场伤害进行基于州的监测的价值。
