Teagasc-Agriculture and Food Development Authority, Head Office, Oak Park, Carlow, Ireland.
College of Health and Agricultural Sciences, University College Dublin, Ireland.
J Agromedicine. 2021 Oct;26(4):411-419. doi: 10.1080/1059924X.2020.1837704. Epub 2020 Nov 11.
Identification of occupational workplace injury risk factors is dependent on gaining sufficient and reliable data on both injury occurrence and associated workplace factors. Assessing workplace injury risk factors associated with farming is challenged by non-collection, non-reporting, or under-reporting by farmers, particularly those operating family farms in a self-employed manner. A supplementary (or add-on) farm operator (FO) workplace injury survey was undertaken in association with the Irish National Farm Survey (NFS), which is responsible for provision of Irish farm-level data to the European Commission (EC) Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN). Data from this add-on survey were analyzed in association with farm and socio-economic data routinely collected by NFS as a component of the FADN. The combined data-set was analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistical techniques including multivariate logistic regression to identify risk factors for occurrence of farm operator workplace injuries (FOWI). FOWI levels were significantly higher on farms where both the FO and their spouse engaged in Off Farm Employment (OFE). More generally, FO injury levels were associated with farm workload and investment levels. The study demonstrates how FADN farm and socio-economic data can be combined with additional FO workplace injury data to identify workplace injury risk factors. The study identifies a risk factor for FOWI occurrence where both FO and spouse engaged in OFE. More generally, it indicates that farm workplace injuries are associated with farm management-related factors.
识别职业性工作场所伤害风险因素取决于能否充分可靠地获取伤害发生情况和相关工作场所因素方面的数据。评估与农业相关的工作场所伤害风险因素面临着农民，尤其是以自营方式经营家庭农场的农民在数据收集、报告或漏报方面的挑战。与爱尔兰国家农场调查（NFS）联合开展了一项补充（或附加）农场经营者（FO）工作场所伤害调查，NFS 负责向欧盟委员会（EC）农场会计数据网络（FADN）提供爱尔兰农场层面的数据。对这项附加调查的数据与 NFS 作为 FADN 组成部分例行收集的农场和社会经济数据进行了关联分析。使用描述性和推断性统计技术，包括多元逻辑回归，对合并数据集进行了分析，以确定农场经营者工作场所伤害（FOWI）发生的风险因素。FO 和其配偶均从事非农场就业（OFE）的农场的 FOWI 发生率显著更高。更普遍的是，FO 受伤程度与农场工作量和投资水平有关。该研究展示了如何将 FADN 农场和社会经济数据与额外的 FO 工作场所伤害数据相结合，以确定工作场所伤害风险因素。该研究确定了一个 FOWI 发生的风险因素，即 FO 和配偶都从事 OFE。更普遍的是，这表明农场工作场所伤害与农场管理相关因素有关。
