title: Five years of work-related injuries and fatalities in Minnesota. Agriculture: a high-risk industry.
abstract: This report describes the Minnesota Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Study (MN FACE), a federally funded initiative to study fatal injuries in the workplace. The purpose of the program is to investigate various types of occupational fatalities and to identify risk factors that contribute to work-related fatalities. Initially, the MN FACE program only investigated fatalities related to falls, confined spaces, and electrocutions. In 1994, MN FACE also began investigating fatalities associated with agricultural work. Agriculture continues to be one of the nation's most hazardous industries, ranking fourth among industries in the United States at high risk for work-related fatalities. MN FACE investigated 46 agriculture-related fatalities during 1994-95. Forty-one percent of the fatalities involved tractors, and 66% of these accidents were tractor rollovers. Other leading causes of agricultural fatalities included grain bin and manure pit asphyxiations.
authors.affiliation: Minnesota Department of Health, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Seeland
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Boyle
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wahl
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000401:mortality* / Q000517:prevention & control; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000383:Agriculture / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015984:Causality; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008910:Minnesota; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012307:Risk Factors; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality* / Q000517:prevention & control