S. Karimnamazi, A.A.
Migliozzi, and K.G. Sample
Agricultural Safety and Health Detection, Prevention and Intervention
Conference, Columbus, OH
Ohio
is one of ten states participating in the NIOSH Occupational
Health Nurses in Agricultural Communities (OHNAC) initiative.
Three surveillance centers have been established in rural
hospitals for the identification of agricultural injuries
in fifteen of Ohio's eighty-eight counties. Data collected
for the period covering from July 1, 1992, through June 30,
1994, included four hundred eighty-nine cases with two hundred
fifty of those considered to be agriculturally work-related
injuries associated with machinery (24.6%), falls (17.1%)
and animals (14.3%).
The
Ohio OHNAC program collects data predominantly through hospitals.
The initial treatment setting for 83% of the cases seen in
this data set was the emergency room. Fifty-five percent of
the injuries seen were between the ages of 20-49. Approximately
17% occurred in children under the age of 19 and 14% in adults
over the age of 60. Eighty-six percent of the cases occurred
in men. Six fatalities were included in this data.
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NASD Review: 04/2002
This
research abstract was extracted from a portion of the proceedings
of "Agricultural Safety and Health: Detection, Prevention and
Intervention," a conference presented by the Ohio State University
and the Ohio Department of Health, sponsored by the Centers
for Disease Control/National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health.
The
authors noted above are from: Ohio Dept. of Health, Columbus,
OH; Ohio Dept. of Health, Columbus, OH; and Clinton Memorial
Hospital, Wilmington, OH, respectively
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