Scope and magnitude of injuries in the agricultural workplace

Purschwitz, Mark A.; Field, William E.

doi:10.1002/ajim.4700180210

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“…Small farm operation is unregulated and therefore mandatory retirement is not essential (e.g., Purschwitz and Field, 1990). As a result, many older adults continue to perform tasks that physically challenge their aging bodies.…”

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Fracture trauma in a medieval British farming village

Judd

Roberts

1999

Am. J. Phys. Anthropol.

113

106

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Farming is among the three most hazardous occupations in modern society and perhaps also held a similar position during the medieval period. The goal of this study was to determine if there is a significant difference in frequencies and patterns of longbone fracture trauma observed between rural and urban activity bases that distinguish farming as a particularly dangerous occupation during the medieval period. The longbones of 170 individuals excavated from Raunds, a rural medieval British site (10th-12th centuries AD) were examined for fractures and compared to data collected from four contemporary British medieval sites, one rural and three urban. The fracture frequency for the Raunds individuals (19.4%) was significantly different from the urban sites (4.7-5.5%). Female fractures were characterized by injury to the forearm, while the males were predisposed to diverse fracture locations. Clinical research provided a source of documented farm-related trauma from North America and Europe where the crops and animals raised, the manual chores performed, and the equipment used in traditional or small-scale farms have changed little in form or function since the medieval period. Nonmechanized causes of injury contribute to approximately 40% of all modern farm-related injuries and are attributed to falls from lofts and ladders, animal assaults and bites, and falls from moving vehicles. These hazardous situations were also present in the medieval period and may explain some of the fracture trauma from the rural sites. A high fracture frequency for both medieval males and females is significantly associated with farming subsistence when compared to craft-orientated urban dwellers.

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Section: Fracture Etiology In Modern Farm Settingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fracture trauma in a medieval British farming village

Judd

Roberts

1999

Am. J. Phys. Anthropol.

113

106

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“…There were a number of reasons for this choice. First, agricultural machinery injuries have been shown to be an important cause of morbidity and mortality in Canada [e.g., Pickett et al, 1996] and the United States [e.g., Purschwitz and Field, 1990;Merchant, 1991]. Mortality statistics from the National Safety Council suggest that ''agricultural workers have a greater chance of dying in a work-related accident than people in any other occupation, including the traditionally dangerous occupations of construction and mining'' [National Safety Council, 1989, as cited in Kelsey, 1991].…”

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Hospital costs associated with agricultural machinery injuries in Ontario

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“…In Spain, pesticide exposure has been linked to depression, neurological disorders and miscarriages in migrant agricultural workers (39). Some pesticides have a carcinogenic nature, and a high incidence of cancer among migrant farmworkers has been linked to their constant exposure to cancer--causing chemicals (66). Several studies suggest a high prevalence of breast cancer, brain tumours, non--Hodgkin's lymphoma, leukaemia, and prostate cancer among these groups (30,51,60,75,76,78).…”

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Migrant Agricultural Workers and Their Socio‐Economic, Occupational and Health Conditions – A Literature Review

Svensson¹,

Urinboyev²,

Svensson

et al. 2013

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Objective This study provides the summary of current knowledge about migrant work in agriculture available from journal articles, books, reports and other relevant academic publications, focusing on political, economic, legal, social and medical aspects of migrant work in agriculture. Methods A systematic search was carried out on the LibHub and Google Scholar databases in order to compile the existing peer--reviewed publications, research reports, and policy papers concerning migrant work in agriculture. The literatures was selected through the following process: (1) reading the title and abstract in English for the period 1960 -2011; (2) reading the entire text of selected articles; (3) making a manual search of the relevant quotations in the selected articles; (4) eliminating articles without a focus on migrant populations and the themes of central interest, and then reading and analyzing the definitive set of articles. ResultsIn spite of their varying geographical focus, scope, unit of analysis and settings, most of the studies reviewed highlighted that migrant farmworkers work under very poor working conditions and face numerous health and safety hazards, including occupational chemical and ergonomic exposures, various injuries and illnesses and even death, discrimination and social exclusion, poor pay and long working hours, and language and cultural barriers. Many studies also reported poor enforcement of labour regulations and a lack of health and safety training on the farms, difficulty accessing medical care and compensation when injured or ill. ConclusionsThe studies have also pointed out the lack of research in relation to labour, health, psychosocial, and wage conditions of migrant farmworkers. The accumulated results of the study indicate that the issues and problems migrant farmworkers face are multidimensional, and there is a need for both policy development and further research in order to address migrant workers' problems.

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Scope and magnitude of injuries in the agricultural workplace

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Fracture trauma in a medieval British farming village

Fracture trauma in a medieval British farming village

Hospital costs associated with agricultural machinery injuries in Ontario

Migrant Agricultural Workers and Their Socio‐Economic, Occupational and Health Conditions – A Literature Review

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