Nonfatal Injuries among Workers in the Agriculture Sector – Florida, 2010-2019.
Robert Overstreet, Undergraduate Student -Economics, University of Florida; Lucia Papadopulos, Undergraduate Student -Biology, University of Florida; Joelle Francois, Undergraduate Student -Health Science, University of Florida; Cassandra Ward (MS), Southeaster Coastal Center for Agricultural health and Safety (SCCAHS), University of Florida Dr. Serap Gorucu (PhD), Agricultural Safety and Health Department, University of Florida
robertoverstreet@ufl.edu
Robert Overstreet is an undergraduate student majoring in economics at the University of Florida. Lucia Papadopulos is an undergraduate majoring in Biology (B.S.) on the pre-med track at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. As an intern for the Southeastern Coastal Center for Agricultural Health and Safety, she researched the safety and health needs of agricultural workers in Florida.
Learning objective:
Participants will be able to list at least three types of events contributing to an injury/illness in Florida Agriculture Sector.
Discuss this presentation with the authors on Friday, November 12 from noon – 12:30 on the Zoom Live-stream.
Agricultural workers are exposed to a wide range of occupational and environmental health hazards. The purpose of this project is to analyze injury claims among workers in crop production, animal production, and support activities for crop production and animal production in Florida from 2010-2019. We used workers’ compensation data provided by the Florida Department of Financial Services, Division of Workers’ Compensation. Over this period of ten years, there were a total of 15,066 nonfatal injuries among workers, with the crop production subsector (55%) and support activities for crop production (16%) comprising nearly 72% (10,804) of the injuries. Primary causes of workplace injuries in crop production and the crop production support industries were falls, slips, and trips. In animal production and the animal production support industries, the primary causes were strains and striking injuries, respectively. By investigating these claims, our aim is to understand the spatial and temporal distribution of nonfatal injuries and to highlight their causes so that future incidents can be prevented. Finally, gathering such information is important because it can be used by farm owners, managers, or employees to identify, avoid, or eliminate hazards.
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