Establishing a publicly available national database of US news articles reporting agriculture‐related injuries and fatalities. Issue 8 (22nd May 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Weichelt, Bryan; Salzwedel, Marsha; Heiberger, Scott; Lee, Barbara C.
• Is Part Of: American journal of industrial medicine. Volume 61:Issue 8(2018)
• Page Start: 667
• Page End: 674
• Publication Date: 2018-05-22
• Subjects: AgInjuryNews -- agriculture -- database -- farm -- fatalities -- injuries -- media -- news clipping -- news report -- safety -- trauma; Medicine, Industrial -- Periodicals; Médecine du travail -- Périodiques; 616.9803
• DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22860
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0271-3586

Abstract

Abstract : Background: The AgInjuryNews system and dataset are a news report repository and information source for agricultural safety professionals, policymakers, journalists, and law enforcement officials. Methods: AgInjuryNews was designed as a primary storage and retrieval system that allows users to: identify agricultural injury/fatality events; identify injury agents and emerging issues; provide safety messages for media in anticipation of trends; and raise awareness and knowledge of agricultural injuries and prevention strategies. Data are primarily collected through Google Alerts and a digital media subscription service. Articles are screened, reviewed, coded, and entered into the system. Results: As of January 1, 2018, the system contained 3028 unique incidents. Of those, 650 involved youth, and 1807 were fatalities. The system also had registered 329 users from 39 countries. Conclusions: AgInjuryNews combines injury reports into one dataset and may be the most current and comprehensive publicly available collection of news reports on agricultural injuries and deaths.