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KMID : 0607720070180040643
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Journal of Korean Community Nursing
2007 Volume.18 No. 4 p.643 ~ p.650
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Agricultural Accidents in Farm Workers
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Kim Hann-Sook
Choi Yeon-Hee
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Abstract
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Purpose : This study was to obtain information regarding to agricultural accidents in farm workers in the Kyungpook area.
Methods : A questionnaire survey was carried out for 528 workers from the 1st to 31st of March, 2007. Frequency, percentage, mean and chi-square test with the SPSS program were used to analyze the data.
Results : The causes of agricultural accidents include falling(29.0%), overseeing (18.9%), traffic accident(17.4%), putting between machinery(11.7%), crashing(5.3%), fire (0.6%) in the order of frequency. Injuries from agricultural ccidents include fracture(44.7%) cerebral bleeding (10.4%), amputation(7.0%), airway obstruction (2.3%), burn(1.9%), drug addiction(1.9%) in the order of frequency. The largest proportion of the subjects of hospital treatment were in their 50s and belonged to the group of high-level economic state. Agricultural machinery collision was the most frequent cause among the subjects of hospital treatment.
Conclusion : These results suggest that carelessness can be a potential risk factor for agricultural accidents in farm workers. These findings may give useful information for developing agricultural accident prevention programs for farm workers.
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KEYWORD
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Farm Workers, Agricultural Accident
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