Farm operations and slips, trips, and falls among corn farm workers in Thailand
Issued Date
2024-02-09
Resource Type
eISSN
18808026
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85184996122
Pubmed ID
37394530
Journal Title
Industrial health
Volume
62
Issue
1
Start Page
56
End Page
61
Rights Holder(s)
SCOPUS
Bibliographic Citation
Industrial health Vol.62 No.1 (2024) , 56-61
Suggested Citation
Vudhironarit C., Arphorn S., Thanachoksawang C., Theppitak C., Kiatkitroj K., Lertvarayut T., Phuaram J., Hara K., Ishimaru T. Farm operations and slips, trips, and falls among corn farm workers in Thailand. Industrial health Vol.62 No.1 (2024) , 56-61. 61. doi:10.2486/indhealth.2023-0060 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/97296
Title
Farm operations and slips, trips, and falls among corn farm workers in Thailand
Author's Affiliation
Suranaree University of Technology
Naresuan University
University of Occupational and Environmental Health School of Medicine
Mahidol University
University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan
Srinakharinwirot University
The Office of Disease Prevention and Control
Center of Excellence on Environmental Health and Toxicology
Naresuan University
University of Occupational and Environmental Health School of Medicine
Mahidol University
University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan
Srinakharinwirot University
The Office of Disease Prevention and Control
Center of Excellence on Environmental Health and Toxicology
Corresponding Author(s)
Other Contributor(s)
Abstract
Slips, 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 management was associated with a higher incidence rate ratio (IRR) of STFs than never or rarely pest management (adjusted IRR 1.93, 95% confidence interval [CI]=1.23 to 3.04, p=0.004). People with marginal or unsatisfactory work break lengths had a higher incidence rate of STFs than those with satisfactory work breaks (adjusted IRR 1.40, 95% CI=1.03 to 1.89, p=0.030). We found that corn farm workers in our study often experienced STFs, which was associated with a high frequency of pest management practices and inadequate work breaks. Reducing the physical burden of pest management may be effective as an STF prevention strategy.