The occurrence of farm-environmental injuries in a Swedish municipality

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Abstract

The objectives of the present baseline study were to investigate work- and nonworkrelated injuries in farm environments. 364 or 10% of all injuries in the study area occurred within farm environments. 174 (84%) of these were classified as work-related and 190 (52%) as home injuries. Most of the cases of farming injuries occurred during repair and maintenance work, animal care, and machine and vehicle use. The dominant types of injuries were falls, crushes, and eye injuries. Home injuries on farms accounted for 22% of all home injuries in the study area. Fourteen percent of these involved people who were not living on farms. Child injuries occurred in the home as well as in the work environment.

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