Farm-tractor-related fatalities--Kentucky, 1994.

نویسندگان

  • T. W. Struttmann
  • Carl Spurlock
  • Susan H. Pollack
  • Steven R. Browning
  • E. Moon-Hampton
چکیده

Fatalities associated with farm tractors are the most common cause of work-related death in the U.S. agricultural industry (1). To characterize farm-tractor-related fatalities in Kentucky, the Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (KY FACE) Project studied all fatal farm injuries occurring among persons in that state during 1994, the initial year of operation for FACE in Kentucky. This report summarizes the results of that study.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report

دوره 44 26  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1995