Citation

Latourette DP. Calif. Med. 1957; 87(3): 142-144.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1957, California Medical Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

13460719

PMCID

PMC1512667

Abstract

Most industrial employees receive physical examinations to evaluate their physical fitness in relation to their work. The farm worker is neglected in this matter, in that he is hired for almost any type of work without physical evaluation. As a result, his accident rate is high. His efficiency at his work is low. His time loss from work because of sickness and accident is high, and the employer pays a very high rate of insurance for the patient's care and his own legal protection. Physical fitness cards should be carried by all farm laborers so that they would be put in properly graded jobs.

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