@article{ref1,
title="Fatal harmful substances or environmental exposures in agriculture, 1992 to 1996",
journal="Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine",
year="1999",
author="Adekoya, Nelson and Myers, J. R.",
volume="41",
number="8",
pages="699-705",
abstract="Data from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries surveillance system from 1992 through 1996 were analyzed to allow a better understanding of exposures to harmful substances or environments that resulted in agricultural work fatalities. There were 357 fatalities as a result of these exposures in the agriculture production and agriculture services sectors, representing 10% of all work-related deaths that occurred in these industry sectors during this period. Contact with electric current represented 52.9% of these fatalities. Agricultural services reported 87 electrocutions, 50 of which occurred among tree trimmers. The events most likely to result in fatalities were contact with overhead power lines (26.3%) and drowning (17.1%). The overall fatality rate was 2.1 deaths per 100,000 workers. The development of appropriate hazard-awareness training for workers, such as that for electrical and drowning-related hazards, may help prevent future deaths in these industry sectors.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1076-2752",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}