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Rural Health Informatics Play Increased Role in Ag Safety
ATVs are leading injury source for youth on farm
Rural Health Informatics Play Increased Role in Ag Safety
452 children died on the job in the U.S. between 2003 and 2016
5-Year-Olds Work Farm Machinery, and Injuries Follow
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Gorucu S., Weichelt B., Pate M. (2019). Fatal Agricultural Injuries in Pennsylvania, 2015-2017: Comparative Analysis of Two Systems’ Data Collection Methods and Datasets. J. Agric. Safety and Health. (in press).
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Weichelt, B., Salzwedel, M., Heiberger, S., Lee, B.C. (2018). Establishing a Publicly Available National Database of U.S News Articles Reporting Agriculture-Related Injuries and Fatalities. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 61(8), 667-674. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.22860
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“Although the articles are sobering, AgInjuryNews brings farm-related injuries and fatalities to the forefront. AIN gets people discussing important safety precautions that should have been or need to be in place. Instead of general statistics, the articles gathered really hit home and make many of these incidents very relatable, as the victim could easily be a friend, neighbor or family member. AIN is a wonderful resource for our Progressive Agriculture Safety Day program, as it allows our coordinators and volunteers an opportunity to identify incidents in their county, region or state. Additionally, giving them focus and guidance to customization their Safety Day in a way to address these local community needs. AIN also provides justification to planned Safety Day lessons. When our coordinators present to school boards, planning committees and other organizations, they have a means to show the topics are relevant, valuable and why safety practices to prevent future incidents need to be reinforced to protect our next generation of farmers, ranchers and agricultural leaders.”
AIN can assist by helping presenters and trainers to identify cases in their audience's state or region. Introducing a topic (e.g. ATV safety) with a story of traumatic injury or death can be effective in grasping and maintaining the audience's attention.
AIN can be helpful in identifying cases of interest and providing supplemental reports to existing occupational injury data.
Alerts can also be configured to automatically send users a weekly, monthly, or annual report of the specific data said user is interested in (e.g. only cases from WI, MN, IA involving youth and tractors)
Some journalists have used AIN to find similar cases to the one they're interested in writing about so that they could contact a local family for an interview.
National Ag Safety Database
Next Gen Youth Work Guidelines
NIOSH Data & Statistics Gateway