@article{ref1,
title="Injuries to farmers and farm families in a dairy state",
journal="Journal of Occupational Medicine",
year="1992",
author="Waller, Julian A.",
volume="34",
number="4",
pages="414-421",
abstract="This study examined injuries among farmers and farm family treated at two rural Vermont hospitals. Most involved dairy farming and woodlot activities. Livestock accounted for 38% of injuries among dairy farmers. Other injuries involved a variety of events, including equipment repair and use, haying, chemicals and biologicals, falls, and contacts with fixed objects. Half of woodlot injuries involved chainsaws. On average, livestock-related injuries resulted in 21.5 days of disability for work during the first 6 months after injury, whereas those not involving livestock averaged 16.2 days of disability. On dairy farms 14% of farming injuries were to family members, and at least a third of all injuries to farm family members were work related. Insurance coverage for medical care was sparse for all rural persons treated for injury, especially for woodlot operators.",
language="",
issn="0096-1736",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}