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Abstract

Grant Number:	1R01OH008046-01
Project Title:	Removing HOOA Family Farm Exemption: Impact on Injury

PI Information:	Name	Email	Title
	MARLENGA, BARBARA L.	marlenga.barbara@mcrf.mfldclin.edu

Abstract: DESCRIPTION: (provided by applicant): This proposal addresses the first priority listed in the RF A: Develop and evaluate new or existing enhanced control technologies and is specifically focused on administrative controls in the form of public policy. Despite increased national efforts, the problem of childhood agricultural fatalities, injuries, and disability persists. Agricultural safety professionals and child safety advocates are beginning to consider public policy approaches. In the United States, one of the policy considerations is removing the family farm exemption from the Hazardous Occupations Order for Agriculture (HOOA). Before investing resources to initiate such a policy change, it would be helpful to assess its potential impact on the prevention of childhood agricultural injuries. The purpose of this proposed study, "Removing the HOOA Family Farm Exemption: Impact on Injury," is to systematically apply the HOOA to case descriptions of fatal and non-fatal injuries experienced by farm children in order to determine if the HOOA (if implemented and enforced) might have prevented the occurrence of these injuries. This proposed study will build upon our previous NIOSH grant in which we assembled a large case series (approximately 1000 cases) of traumatic childhood farm fatalities and injuries using existing surveillance data, coroner/medical examiner records, case investigation reports, and national survey data. The case series will be enhanced by additional injury cases from a national minority farmer's survey. The use of "real life" childhood farm injury cases will provide some evidence of the extent to which removal of the HOOA family m exemption might have reduced the occurrence of these injuries. It will also highlight ages, jobs and situations that would not be covered by removing the exemption.

Public Health Relevance:
This Public Health Relevance is not available.

Thesaurus Terms:
agriculture worker, children, health care policy, injury prevention, occupational hazard
child with disability, data collection methodology /evaluation, health administration, trauma
clinical research, health survey, human data

Institution:	MARSHFIELD CLINIC RESEARCH FOUNDATION
	1000 N OAK AVE - 1R3
	MARSHFIELD, WI 544495703
Fiscal Year:	2003
Department:
Project Start:	30-SEP-2003
Project End:	29-SEP-2006
ICD:	NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
IRG:	ZOH1

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