Denis W B
Department of Sociology, St. Thomas More College, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Int J Health Serv. 1988;18(3):419-36. doi: 10.2190/Q6KB-TMW2-61CB-Q0VD.
Agriculture remains one of the most hazardous occupations in the world, even in industrialized countries. One of the major differences between Canadian agriculture and most other sectors of the economy is that the vast majority of farmers are self-employed. Consequently their particular relations of production are expected to have an impact on the issue of work health and safety. After a review of the nature and extent of work accidents, deaths, illness, and injuries in farmers and farm workers, the article focuses on the causes of such hazards. These causes are analyzed with reference to individual, institutional, and structural factors. The author argues that institutional and structural factors seem to be of paramount importance in explaining the severity of farm health hazards.
即使在工业化国家，农业仍是世界上最危险的职业之一。加拿大农业与大多数其他经济部门的一个主要区别在于，绝大多数农民是个体经营者。因此，他们特殊的生产关系预计会对工作健康与安全问题产生影响。在回顾了农民和农场工人的工作事故、死亡、疾病和伤害的性质与程度之后，本文重点关注此类危害的成因。这些成因将从个人、机构和结构因素方面进行分析。作者认为，在解释农场健康危害的严重性方面，机构和结构因素似乎至关重要。
