Farm work practices and XXXX in Colorado.

@entity1 @entity130 @entity909
STUDY OBJECTIVE: s: To describe the farm work patterns and the relationship between hours spent working on specific farm tasks and task specific work related @entity130 among @entity1 and @entity1 . DESIGN: A cross sectional survey of farm operators and their spouses in an eight county area of Colorado was conducted. Personal interviews were conducted between 1993 and 1997. Interviews took between 45 minutes to two hours to complete, depending on the complexity of individuals' personal histories. Farms were selected using stratified random sampling technique. SETTING: Eight counties in Northeastern Colorado representing 47% of agricultural production in the state. @entity1 : A total of 301 @entity1 and 459 @entity1 who were farm residents and involved in farm work were recruited. OUTCOME MEASURE: Self reported @entity130 resulting in medical attention or treatment other than first aid, or inability to do normal work activities, or @entity909 , or transfer to another job were assessed in relationship to the specific job task being performed at the time of the injury. RESULTS: @entity1 were at higher risk for injury than @entity1 when involved with other farm chores (rate ratio 8.18). For all other task related @entity130 , @entity1 and @entity1 were at similar risk when compared using hours of exposure to the farm tasks. CONCLUSION: Farm safety training and injury prevention programs need to include @entity1 working on farms.
