Agricultural Occupational Injury

As part of a NIOSH-sponsored supplement on occupational injury that was administered in 1999-2004, 2008-2010, and 2014, agricultural workers were asked about injuries that they sustained in the previous 12 months while working on a U.S. farm or while traveling to or from a U.S. farm, which required them to seek medical attention, including first aid, or take strong medication (something other than over-the counter medication) to continue working, or which rendered them unable to work at all or as hard as they normally would for at least four hours. While the share of workers reporting at least one qualifying injury was small across all time periods, it grew from one percent in 1999-2001 to four percent in 2014. In every time period, the most common types of injuries reported were categorized as a sprain, strain, torn ligament, or traumatic rupture.
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Work-related injury in the last 12 months that caused agricultural worker to

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Bar Chart — Work-related injury in the last 12 months that caused agricultural worker to

Data Table — Work-related injury in the last 12 months that caused agricultural worker to3

Category 02-04 08-10 13-14
# % # % # %
Be unable to work at all for at least 4 hours2152%1342%432%
Be unable to work as hard as normal for at least 4 hours2262%1402%532%
Seek medical treatment, including first aid2042%1312%482%
Take strong medicine in order to continue working1301%1051%401%

1 Only those injuries which required the respondent to be unable to work at all or as hard as normal for at least four hours, or to have sought medical treatment, including first aid, or to have taken strong medicine (other than over the counter) to continue working are included in these data.

2 Question was asked in 1999-2004, 2008-2010, and 2014; the 13-14 column contains data for 2014 only.

3 Question was asked in 2002-2004, 2008-2010, and 2014; the 13-14 column contains data for 2014 only.

a Estimates with relative standard errors (RSEs) greater than 30 percent but no more than 50 percent are published but should be used with caution.

b Estimates based on fewer than four responses or with RSEs greater than 50 percent are considered statistically unreliable and are suppressed.

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