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Farm operations and slips, trips, and falls among corn farm workers in Thailand.
- Source :
- Industrial Health; 2024, Vol. 62 Issue 1, p56-61, 6p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Slips, trips, and falls (STFs) represent a main source of injury among farm workers. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between farm operations and STFs among corn farm workers. We conducted a cross-sectional study using a self-administered questionnaire among corn farm workers in Nan and Saraburi provinces, Thailand from July 5 to 23, 2022. Poisson regression analysis was used. Among 338 participants, 122 (36.1%) had experienced an STF in the previous 6 months. Conducting very frequent, frequent, or occasional pest management was associated with a higher incidence rate ratio (IRR) of STFs than never or rarely pest management (adjusted IRR 1.93, 95% confidence interval [CI]=1.23 to 3.04, p=0.004). People with marginal or unsatisfactory work break lengths had a higher incidence rate of STFs than those with satisfactory work breaks (adjusted IRR 1.40, 95% CI=1.03 to 1.89, p=0.030). We found that corn farm workers in our study often experienced STFs, which was associated with a high frequency of pest management practices and inadequate work breaks. Reducing the physical burden of pest management may be effective as an STF prevention strategy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00198366
- Volume :
- 62
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Industrial Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 176519335
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2486/indhealth.2023-0060