title: Occupational injuries in a commune in rural Vietnam transitioning from agriculture to new industries.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We explored the impact on work-related injuries of workers splitting time between industry and agriculture, a common situation in developing countries.
  
  
  METHODS
  In 2005, we administered a cross-sectional survey to 2615 households of Xuan Tien, a developing rural community of Vietnam, regarding self-reported injuries and hours worked for 1 year. We defined groups as working in industry, agriculture, or a mix of both.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overlapping employment (part time in agriculture and up to full time in industry) increased the risk of injury in both agricultural and industrial work. This pattern held across all work groups defined by the relative amount of time worked in agriculture. Those working fewer than 500 hours annually in agriculture had an agricultural injury rate (872 per 1000 full-time equivalents) that was more than 4 times higher than the average rate overall (203 per 1000) and the rate for workers employed only in industry (178 per 1000).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Working in agriculture for short durations while working in industry increased the risk of injury substantially in both types of work.
authors.affiliation: Center for Injury Epidemiology, Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, Hopkinton, MA 01748, USA. Helen.Wellman@LibertyMutual.com
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Marucci-Wellman
authors.forename: Tom B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Leamon
authors.forename: Joanna L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Willetts
authors.forename: Ta Thi Tuyet
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Binh
authors.forename: Nguyen Bich
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Diep
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Wegman
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kriebel
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000383:Agriculture / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007221:Industry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016012:Poisson Distribution; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012737:Sex Factors; D014744:Vietnam / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult