Agricultural Accidents in a District
10.2185/jjrm.32.29
- VernacularTitle:農作業災害の実態について
- Author:
Shinya Watanabe
;
Minori Nakata
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine
1983;32(1):29-36
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
The survey was done in a district where the mechanization of agriculture had advanced and part-time farming had been prevailing.
Agricultural accidents, picked up from the insurance documents of the Agricultural Cooperative Association from 1977 to 1981, were analyzed statistically.
Results obtained are as follows.
1, The agricultural machines related to accidents were two-wheel tractors, combines, grass cutters and four-wheel tractors. These four types of machines occupied 72% of all accidents.
2. The accidents were observed most frequently in busy seasons i. e. spring and autumn, and from 10 to 11 a.m. and 3 to 5 p.m. in a day.
3. Because of part-time farming, one third of the accidents occured on Sundays and national holidays.
4. The accidents by two-wheel tractors and four-wheel tractors occured on the road, 67% and 49% respectively. There occured 86% of the accidents by combines in the field, and 85% of the injuries by combines were on hands and fingers. The injuries by grass cutters occured frequontly on legs and eyes, 58% and 18% respectively. One third of the eye injuries resulted in anopsia.
5. There were few overlaps between the cases collected by the prefectural office and those from the insurance documents. Slight-injury cases were scarcely found in the insurance documents. These facts indicate the present information-collecting systems for the agricultural accidents are incomplete in this district.
