Farm operations and slips, trips, and falls among corn farm workers in Thailand
Ind Health. 2023 Jul 3. doi: 10.2486/indhealth.2023-0060. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSlips, trips, and falls (STFs) represent a main source of injury among farm workers. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between farm operations and STFs among corn farm workers.We conducted a cross-sectional study using a self-administered questionnaire among corn farm workers in Nan and Saraburi provinces, Thailand from July 5 to 23, 2022. Poisson regression analysis was used.Among 338 participants, 122 (36.1%) had experienced an STF in the previous 6 months. Conducting very frequent, frequent, or occasional pest...
Source: Industrial Health - July 2, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Chayaphorn Vudhironarit Sara Arphorn Chatchai Thanachoksawang Chalermsiri Theppitak Kanpitcha Kiatkitroj Teepapipat Lertvarayut Jiraporn Phuaram Kunio Hara Tomohiro Ishimaru Source Type: research
