Citation

Weichelt B, Salzwedel M, Heiberger S, Lee BC. Am. J. Ind. Med. 2018; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

National Farm Medicine Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Institute, Marshfield, Wisconsin.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/ajim.22860

PMID

29790197

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The AgInjuryNews system and dataset are a news report repository and information source for agricultural safety professionals, policymakers, journalists, and law enforcement officials.

METHODS: AgInjuryNews was designed as a primary storage and retrieval system that allows users to: identify agricultural injury/fatality events; identify injury agents and emerging issues; provide safety messages for media in anticipation of trends; and raise awareness and knowledge of agricultural injuries and prevention strategies. Data are primarily collected through Google Alerts and a digital media subscription service. Articles are screened, reviewed, coded, and entered into the system.

RESULTS: As of January 1, 2018, the system contained 3028 unique incidents. Of those, 650 involved youth, and 1807 were fatalities. The system also had registered 329 users from 39 countries.

CONCLUSIONS: AgInjuryNews combines injury reports into one dataset and may be the most current and comprehensive publicly available collection of news reports on agricultural injuries and deaths.

© 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Language: en

Keywords

AgInjuryNews; agriculture; database; farm; fatalities; injuries; media; news clipping; news report; safety; trauma