Department of Occupational Health and Safety, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Thailand.
Center of Excellence on Environmental Health and Toxicology, Thailand.
Ind Health. 2024 Feb 9;62(1):56-61. doi: 10.2486/indhealth.2023-0060. Epub 2023 Jul 3.
Slips, trips, and falls (STFs) represent a main source of injury among farm workers. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between farm operations and STFs among corn farm workers. We conducted a cross-sectional study using a self-administered questionnaire among corn farm workers in Nan and Saraburi provinces, Thailand from July 5 to 23, 2022. Poisson regression analysis was used. Among 338 participants, 122 (36.1%) had experienced an STF in the previous 6 months. Conducting very frequent, frequent, or occasional pest management was associated with a higher incidence rate ratio (IRR) of STFs than never or rarely pest management (adjusted IRR 1.93, 95% confidence interval [CI]=1.23 to 3.04, p=0.004). People with marginal or unsatisfactory work break lengths had a higher incidence rate of STFs than those with satisfactory work breaks (adjusted IRR 1.40, 95% CI=1.03 to 1.89, p=0.030). We found that corn farm workers in our study often experienced STFs, which was associated with a high frequency of pest management practices and inadequate work breaks. Reducing the physical burden of pest management may be effective as an STF prevention strategy.
滑倒、绊倒和跌倒（STFs）是农场工人受伤的主要原因之一。本研究旨在评估农场作业与玉米种植工人 STFs 之间的关系。我们于 2022 年 7 月 5 日至 23 日在泰国那拉提瓦和沙拉武里省对玉米种植工人进行了一项横断面研究，采用自我管理问卷进行。在 338 名参与者中，122 名（36.1%）在过去 6 个月中经历过 STF。与从未或很少进行病虫害管理相比，经常、频繁或偶尔进行病虫害管理与 STF 的发生率比值（IRR）较高（调整后的 IRR 为 1.93，95%置信区间[CI]为 1.23 至 3.04，p=0.004）。工作休息时间不足或不满意的人与工作休息时间满意的人相比，STF 的发生率更高（调整后的 IRR 为 1.40，95%CI 为 1.03 至 1.89，p=0.030）。我们发现，我们研究中的玉米种植工人经常经历 STF，这与频繁的病虫害管理实践和工作休息不足有关。减少病虫害管理的体力负担可能是预防 STF 的有效策略。
