ABSTRACT

Identification of occupational workplace injury risk factors is dependent on gaining sufficient and reliable data on both injury occurrence and associated workplace factors. Assessing workplace injury risk factors associated with farming is challenged by non-collection, non-reporting, or under-reporting by farmers, particularly those operating family farms in a self-employed manner. A supplementary (or add-on) farm operator (FO) workplace injury survey was undertaken in association with the Irish National Farm Survey (NFS), which is responsible for provision of Irish farm-level data to the European Commission (EC) Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN). Data from this add-on survey were analyzed in association with farm and socio-economic data routinely collected by NFS as a component of the FADN. The combined data-set was analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistical techniques including multivariate logistic regression to identify risk factors for occurrence of farm operator workplace injuries (FOWI). FOWI levels were significantly higher on farms where both the FO and their spouse engaged in Off Farm Employment (OFE). More generally, FO injury levels were associated with farm workload and investment levels. The study demonstrates how FADN farm and socio-economic data can be combined with additional FO workplace injury data to identify workplace injury risk factors. The study identifies a risk factor for FOWI occurrence where both FO and spouse engaged in OFE. More generally, it indicates that farm workplace injuries are associated with farm management-related factors.

摘要

职业性工作场所伤害风险因素的识别取决于获得关于伤害发生和相关工作场所因素的足够和可靠的数据。评估与农业相关的工伤风险因素面临着农民不收集、不报告或报告不足的挑战，尤其是那些以自雇方式经营家庭农场的人。与爱尔兰国家农场调查 (NFS) 联合开展了一项补充（或附加）农场经营者 (FO) 工伤调查，该调查负责向欧盟委员会 (EC) 农场会计提供爱尔兰农场层面的数据数据网络 (FADN)。来自这项附加调查的数据与 NFS 作为 FADN 组成部分定期收集的农场和社会经济数据进行了分析。使用描述性和推理性统计技术（包括多变量逻辑回归）对组合数据集进行分析，以确定农场经营者工伤 (FOWI) 发生的风险因素。FOWI 水平在 FO 及其配偶均从事非农就业 (OFE) 的农场中显着更高。更一般地说，FO 伤害水平与农场工作量和投资水平相关。该研究展示了如何将 FADN 农场和社会经济数据与额外的 FO 工伤数据相结合，以确定工伤风险因素。该研究确定了 FOWI 发生的风险因素，其中 FO 和配偶都参与了 OFE。更一般地说，它表明农场工伤与农场管理相关因素有关。