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Agricultural Injuries with Dementia: Double Whammy? [PDF]

Innov Aging
ABSTRACT Background Nearly 40% of US farmers are over 65 years old. Some emerging evidence links agricultural occupational exposure to increased dementia risk. However, little is known about dementia and injury outcomes in agricultural settings. Methods We employed data from the American College of Surgeons Trauma Quality Programs Participant Use File (
Kanika Arora, Jonathan Davis, Lila B. Basnet, Julie Bobitt   +3 more
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Evaluation of Self-Reported Agricultural Tasks, Safety Concerns, and Health and Safety Behaviors of Young Adults in U.S. Collegiate Agricultural Programs

Safety, 2021
Young adults enrolled in collegiate agricultural programs are a critical audience for agricultural health and safety training. Understanding the farm tasks that young adults engage in is necessary for tailoring health and safety education.
Jenna L. Gibbs, Kayla Walls, Carolyn E. Sheridan, David Sullivan, Marsha Cheyney, Brandi Janssen, Diane S. Rohlman   +6 more
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Coordinate Fault Ride-Through Strategy for Connection of Offshore Wind Farms Using Voltage Source-Converter-Based High-Voltage Direct-Current Transmission under Single Polar Fault

Sensors, 2023
In a system where wind farms are connected to the grid via a bipolar flexible DC transmission, the occurrence of a short-time fault at one of the poles results in the active power emitted by the wind farm being transmitted through the non-faulty pole ...
Huiying Zhou, Siyang Ge, Liang Qin
doaj   +1 more source

Effectiveness of Personal Protective Equipment and Oseltamivir Prophylaxis during Avian Influenza A (H7N7) Epidemic, the Netherlands, 2003

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2010
We analyzed the effectiveness of personal protective equipment and oseltamivir use during the 2003 avian influenza A (H7N7) epidemic in the Netherlands by linking databases containing information about farm visits, human infections, and use of ...
Dennis E. te Beest, Michiel van Boven, Marian E.H. Bos, Arjan Stegeman, Marion P.G. Koopmans   +4 more
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Influence of safety barriers on probability of domino effect triggerred by pool fire in tank farm

You-qi chuyun, 2022
With the enlargement and intensification of oil storages, the technologies and equipment used in the tank farm are quite complicated. Hence, once any fire accident occurs, the domino effect may be triggered with catastrophic consequences.
Shouzhi WU, Lei HOU, Xingguang WU, Fangyuan LIU   +3 more
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RISIKO KESELAMATAN DAN KESEHATAN KERJA PADA PEKERJA PETERNAKAN SAPI DI PT X CABANG KOTA KEDIRI

The Indonesian Journal of Occupational Safety and Health, 2017
The ranch has many risks, risks that could cause transmission of disease, injury, broken bones, entry of the parasite, up to the dead. In the world of farming in Indonesia is still not pay attention to the job safety for workers.
Cokorde Dhio Pranamyaditia
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Drivers of Personal Safety in Agriculture: A Case Study with Pesticide Operators

Agriculture, 2019
Agriculture is a hazardous occupational industry for farmers and farm workers; therefore, decisions to improve safety in the working place require understanding behavior of farmers and farm workers and factors affecting it.
Christos A. Damalas, Spyridon D. Koutroubas, Gholamhossein Abdollahzadeh   +2 more
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Lack of Agreement between Safety Priorities and Practices in Agricultural Operators: A Challenge for Injury Prevention

Safety, 2022
Despite training and prevention programs, injury rates in agriculture remain high, and safety compliance is a challenge. Our aim was to compare farm operators’ reported safety priorities to related behaviors.
Cheryl L. Beseler, Risto H. Rautiainen
doaj   +1 more source

Self-Reported Symptoms and Pesticide Use among Farm Workers in Arusha, Northern Tanzania: A Cross Sectional Study

Toxics, 2017
The objective of the study was to describe self-reported health symptoms, the use of personal protective gear and clothing and poor safety procedures when applying pesticides among farm workers.
Wilbert Bunini Manyilizu, Robbinson Hammerton Mdegela, Arnfinn Helleve, Eystein Skjerve, Rudovick Kazwala, Hezron Nonga, Mette Hellen Bjorge Muller, Elisabeth Lie, Jan Lyche   +8 more
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Safe Tractor Operations: Foundations of Tractor Safety

EDIS
The Safe Tractor Operations series contains six articles devoted to tractor safety. This publication aims to familiarize new and beginning farmers, Extension agents and specialists, and the public with safe tractor operations.
Serap Gorucu, Carol J. Lehtola, Charles M. Brown   +2 more
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