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Rebecca J. Heick, MS, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Department of Epidemiology, E177 GH, Iowa City, IA 52242, (309)738-2316, rebecca-heick@uiowa.edu, Risto H Rautiainen, PhD, Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health, The University of Iowa, 103 IREH Oakdale Campus, Iowa City, IA 52242-5000, John Lundell, MA, Injury Prevention Research Center, IPRC, Univ of Iowa, 158 IREH, Oakdale Research Campus, Iowa City, IA 52242-5000, Wayne E. Johnson, MD, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, 105 IREH, Iowa City, IA 52242, and Corinne Peek-Asa, PhD, Injury Prevention Research Center, University of Iowa, 100 Oakdale Campus, #124 IREH, Iowa City, IA 52242.
Occupational fatalities claim the lives of more than 6000 workers in the United States each year. Farmers and others engaged in agricultural work are among those at greatest risk of fatal occupational injury, second only to mining occupations.
The Iowa Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program began in 1992. Information gathered on occupational fatalities is analyzed to identify trends in fatal injury by demographic characteristics, geography, industry, and cause.
The Iowa FACE Program identified a total of 604 occupational fatalities between 1995 and 2002. Of this total, 222 (36.75%) occurred among those employed in agriculture. Fatal occupational injuries were categorized using the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC). To more accurately and consistently classify agricultural fatalities, additional coding was performed utilizing the Farm and Agricultural Injury Classification (FAIC) Code, developed by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE) in 1998. Following assignment of both SIC and FAIC coding, the resulting groups of agricultural fatalities were compared to validate the use of FAIC coding in identification of agricultural fatalities. To emphasize how the systems can compliment one another and lead to better capture of events, a comparison was made between cases captured by FAIC only, SIC only, or both FAIC and SIC.
This presentation will identify difficulties associated with coding of agricultural fatalities, describe the two coding systems, present agricultural industry totals by SIC and FAIC, and discuss the importance of accurate identification of agricultural injury fatalities and how use of FAIC may help achieve this result.
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Keywords: Agricultural Work Safety, Coding
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.