Nour Mahmoud M, Field William E, Ni Ji-Qin, Cheng Charlene
a Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering , Purdue University , West Lafayette , Indiana , USA.
J Agromedicine. 2019 Jan;24(1):90-100. doi: 10.1080/1059924X.2018.1539420. Epub 2018 Nov 9.
As part of ongoing surveillance of fatalities and injuries involving agricultural confined spaces by Purdue University's Agricultural Safety and Health Program, nearly 300 cases involving manure storage, handling, and transport equipment and facilities have been documented over the past 30 years. With the exception of a summary of 77 fatalities published by Beaver and Field, these cases have not been previously analysed or published due to a lack of resources and the limitations of the Purdue Agricultural Confined Spaces Incident Database (PACSID) which was designed primarily for analysis of grain-related cases. These limitations included differences in terminology used to code case information in the PACSID and dissimilar causative and contributing factors. To develop a consistent and more useful approach to process and analyze data, 28 U.S. manure-related incidents involving 39 victims documented as having occurred in 2017 were examined for type of incident, victim characteristics, primary contributing factors, and nature of injuries. A review of literature was conducted to identify previously reported contributing factors, and a coding rubric was developed and reviewed by a panel of experts. It was determined that the rubric provided a consistent way to code and analyze descriptive information available on each case. A pilot analysis was completed of the 39 cases using the new tool, and results were summarized. The final methodology will be used to analyze all historically documented incidents, as well as future incidents. Findings presented include a review of relevant literature, discussion of the methods used in case documentation, classifications developed from sample data, and a summary of incidents in 2017. Anticipated outcomes include: 1) consistent strategy to document, code, and summarize manure-related incidents; 2) means of classification of key contributing factors; 3) identification of new or emerging trends; and 4) completion of previously documented incidents.
作为普渡大学农业安全与健康计划对涉及农业密闭空间的死亡和伤害事件持续监测的一部分，在过去30年里，已记录了近300起涉及粪便储存、处理及运输设备和设施的案例。除了比弗和菲尔德发表的77起死亡案例摘要外，由于资源匮乏以及普渡农业密闭空间事故数据库（PACSID）的局限性（该数据库主要用于分析与谷物相关的案例），这些案例此前未得到分析或发表。这些局限性包括PACSID中用于编码案例信息的术语差异以及不同的因果和促成因素。为了开发一种一致且更有用的方法来处理和分析数据，对2017年记录的28起涉及美国粪便的事件进行了研究，这些事件造成39人死亡，研究内容包括事件类型、受害者特征、主要促成因素和伤害性质。开展了文献综述以确定先前报告的促成因素，并由一个专家小组制定和审查了编码规则。结果确定该规则为编码和分析每个案例的可用描述信息提供了一种一致的方法。使用新工具对这39个案例完成了初步分析，并总结了结果。最终方法将用于分析所有历史记录的事件以及未来的事件。呈现的研究结果包括相关文献综述、案例记录中使用的方法讨论、从样本数据得出的分类以及2017年事件总结。预期成果包括：1）记录、编码和总结与粪便相关事件的一致策略；2）关键促成因素的分类方法；3）识别新的或正在出现的趋势；4）完成先前记录的事件。
