Citation

Harrell WA. Percept. Mot. Skills 1995; 81(2): 592-594.

Affiliation

Department of Sociology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8570362

Abstract

A self-administered questionnaire completed by 683 male farmers showed individuals incurring a farming-related injury more likely to score higher on a measure of personal risk-taking and to believe that accidents were inevitable (fatalism). Specific safe farming practices--wearing protective clothing and operating machinery safely--were associated with lower likelihood of injury. Traditional predictors of involvement in accidents (age, exposure to hazards, and work experience) were not significant.

Language: en