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Occupational eye injuries experienced by migrant farmworkers.

Quandt SA; Schulz MR; Talton JW; Verma A; Arcury TA

J Agromedicine 2012 Jan; 17(1):63-69

https://doi.org/10.1080/1059924x.2012.629918

20041372

Migrant farmworkers in North Carolina (n=300) reported eye injuries, circumstances of injuries, and outcomes during lifetime U.S. agriculture work. Seventeen injuries were reported by 15 farmworkers; five resulted in lost work time. Most reported injuries were penetrating or open wounds, often caused by branches or other foreign objects. Injuries were seldom reported to employers; and treatment at clinics, when received, was often delayed. The incidence rate of lost work-time injuries of 23.8/10,000 worker years (95% confidence interval 7.5, 55.9), exceeds the 2009 national incidence rate (6.9/10,000). Migrant farmworkers constitute a vulnerable population; better occupational safety protections should be considered.

Sociological-factors; Farmers; Agriculture; Workers; Eye-injuries; Epidemiology; Injuries; Statistical-analysis; Humans; Men; Women; Age-groups; Eyesight; Author Keywords: Latino; agriculture; health disparities

Sara A. Quandt, PhD, Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157

20120101

Journal Article

squandt@wakehealth.edu

Cooperative Agreement

2012

Cooperative-Agreement-Number-U50-OH-007542; B09112012

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1059-924X

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing

Journal of Agromedicine

NC; NY

Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown, New York