Citation

Brondum J, Spitalny K, Waller JA, Herndon JL, Vogt RL. J. Saf. Res. 1985; 16(4): 143-148.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1985, U.S. National Safety Council, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

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Abstract

The Vermont Department of Health carried out two studies of snowblower injuries in Vermont during the winters of 1982-1983 and 1983-1984. The first was a case-control study in which we assessed risk factors that predisposed operators to injury during snowblower use. We found 20 persons who had been injured by snowblowers and matched 28 controls to these by neighborhood. In this study, owning a snowblower for 1 year or less and having operated a snowblower for 10 days or less in one's lifetime were significantly associated with injury. The second study was population-based. We estimated that approximately 1.5% of Vermont residents owned snowblowers during the winter of 1982-1983 and that, among snowblower owners, injuries occurred at a rate of 1.3/1,000 person-years of ownership (0.1% chance of injury).