TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1992//
TI  - Injuries to farmers and farm families in a dairy state
JO  - Journal of Occupational Medicine
A1  - Waller, Julian A.
SP  - 414
EP  - 421
VL  - 34
IS  - 4
N2  - 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.
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SN  - 0096-1736
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -