This article summarizes the trends in agricultural injuries and illnesses in the past decade,
as well as the needs for surveillance in the future. Agriculture is one of the most …

Bypassing guards and protective devices on machinery can lead to serious and fatal
accidents. The aim of this paper is to conduct a comprehensive review that sheds light on …

Over half of America's 1.9 million farms are operated by persons over age 55. Farming is
one of the most dangerous occupations in the nation; the oldest age group in farming suffers …

Background Research indicates occupational injuries and diseases are not evenly
distributed among workers. We investigated the distribution and characteristics of …

The aim of this retrospective cohort study was to evaluate the incidence of and risk factors for
compensated occupational injuries and diseases in agriculture. The study population …

Agricultural workers are essential to the supply chain for our daily food, and yet, many face
harmful work conditions, including garnished wages, and other labor violations. Workers on …

The agricultural tractor was the principal source of fatal injury on American farms for thelatter
part of the 20th century, and they maintain that distinction today. Much has beenlearned …

This is the first of three articles that evaluate the health and economic consequencesof the
use of rollover protective structures (ROPS) on agricultural tractors. Theeffectiveness of …

In 2002, the Kentucky Farm Tractor Overturn Survey was administered, in which6, 063
randomly selected farm operators responded to questions that addressed the presenceand …

A community educational campaign implemented in two Kentucky counties waseffective in
influencing farmers to retrofit their tractors with rollover protective structures (ROPS) to …