Factors Influencing Involvement in Farm Accidents
- 1 October 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 81 (2) , 592-594
- https://doi.org/10.1177/003151259508100245
Abstract
A self-administered questionnaire completed by 683 male farmers showed individuals incurring a farming-related injury more likely to score higher on a measure of personal risk-taking and to believe that accidents were inevitable (fatalism). Specific safe farming practices—wearing protective clothing and operating machinery safely—were associated with lower likelihood of injury. Traditional predictors of involvement in accidents (age, exposure to hazards, and work experience) were not significant.Keywords
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