Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, Khulna 9203, Bangladesh.
J Healthc Eng. 2018 Feb 25;2018:4273616. doi: 10.1155/2018/4273616. eCollection 2018.
Injuries during cultivation of land are the significant causes of recession for an agricultural country like Bangladesh. Thousands of tools are used in agricultural farm having much probability of getting injury at their workplaces. For the injury prevention, proper hand tool designs need to be recommended with ergonomic evaluations. This paper represents the main causes of agricultural injuries among the Bangladeshi farmers. Effective interventions had been discussed in this paper to reduce the rate of injury. This study was carried out in the Panchagarh district of Bangladesh. Data on 434 agricultural injuries were collected and recorded. About 67% injuries of all incidents were due to hand tools, and the remaining 33% were due to machinery or other sources. Though most of the injuries were not serious, about 22% injuries were greater than or equal to AIS 2 (Abbreviated Injury Scale). The practical implication of this study is to design ergonomically fit agricultural hand tools for Bangladeshi farmers in order to avoid their injuries.
在土地耕种过程中受伤是像孟加拉国这样的农业国家经济衰退的重要原因。在农业农场中使用了数千种工具，在工作场所受伤的可能性很大。为了预防受伤，需要根据人体工程学评估来推荐合适的手动工具设计。本文介绍了孟加拉国农民受伤的主要原因。本文还讨论了减少受伤率的有效干预措施。这项研究是在孟加拉国的潘查加尔地区进行的。收集并记录了 434 起农业伤害事件的数据。所有事件中约有 67%的伤害是由手动工具造成的，其余 33%是由机械或其他来源造成的。尽管大多数伤害并不严重，但约有 22%的伤害程度等于或大于 AIS 2（简略伤害量表）。这项研究的实际意义是为孟加拉国农民设计符合人体工程学的农业手动工具，以避免受伤。
