Paul
Demers, Linda Rosenstock
NIOSH Education and Information Division
AUTHOR ABSTRACT
In Washington
state 29,451 workers' compensation claims were filed by farm
workers between 1982 and 1986. Five percent of claimants were
under 18 years of age, including 1.3% under the age of 16.
Agricultural workers were found to be at higher risk than
other workers in the state for fatal injury (relative risk
[RR] = 2.5, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.7-3.7), sprains
and strains (RR = 1.4, CI = 1.3-1.4), fractures (RR = 2.3,
CI = 2.2-2.4), dislocations (RR = 1.9, CI = 1.7-2.2), concussions (RR = 1.9, C = 1.6-2.3), amputations (RR = 2.5, CI = 2.0-3.1),
dermatitis (RR = 4.3, CI = 4.0- 4.7), systemic poisoning (RR
= 3.4, CI = 3.1-3.7), respiratory disease (RR = 1.7, CI =
1.0-2.9), and tendentious (RR = 1.2, CI -= 1.1-1.4).
JOURNAL AND
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE ID#
JOURNAL: Am
J Public Health. 1991; 81(12): 1656-1658.
Note:
American Journal of Public Health.
NLOM ID#:
92081902
.
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