Severity of occupational agricultural accidents in Spain, 2013–2018

Baraza, Xavier; Cugueró-Escofet, Natàlia

doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2021.105422

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“…As in our study, in the work of Baraza et al [25], the accident rates for the agricultural sector as a whole between 2013 and 2018 were very high and more or less maintained over time. This study also analysed the accident rate by Autonomous Community, but in this case, they used the fatal accident rate as the number of fatal accidents in each community divided by the number of total fatal accidents.…”

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Fatal Tractor Accidents in the Agricultural Sector in Spain during the Past Decade

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Currently, there is a discrepancy between the number of occupational accidents in the agricultural sector reported by Spanish governmental sources and those actually occurring in general. This is mainly due to the official definition of ‘occupational accident’ in the current regulations. In order to be able to analyse all fatal accidents involving tractors, other sources of information must therefore be used. In this study, we have collected the news published in different media during the period 2010–2019. Statistical models that take into account the spatial and temporal dependence of the data were used to estimate the rates of fatal accidents in the provinces of Spain using the Bayesian inference technique INLA (Integrated Nested Laplace Approximation). The results obtained showed that the total number of fatal accidents in that period was 644. The crude rates of fatal accidents per province ranged from 0 to 223.5 fatal accidents per 100,000 registered tractors. In addition, the overall rate for Spain as a whole was 6.87 fatal accidents per 100,000 tractors. As in other EU countries, it was found that the regions with the highest number of accidents were also related to steep terrain, to an older tractor fleet and to horticultural crops and vineyards.

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Fatal Tractor Accidents in the Agricultural Sector in Spain during the Past Decade

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“…Patel et al [14] discussed injury data collected in a specific Indian region for farmer workers, outlining, for that area, that the safety of agricultural equipment could be one of the most critical issues to be solved. Baraza and Cugueró-Escofet [15] performed an analysis of occupational accidents that occurred in the Spanish agricultural sector from 2013 to 2018 based on data collected by the Spanish Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, underlining the high accident rate and the criticality of some risk factors, such as the poor work conditions and the use of heavy machinery and dangerous materials. Similarly, Angioloni and Jack [16] analyzed data about injuries in agriculture in Northern Ireland over 50 years collected by the HSENI (Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland).…”

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Assessment of Safety Levels in the Agricultural Sector for Supporting Social Sustainability: A Quantitative Analysis from a National Point of View

De Leo,

Elia,

Gnoni

et al. 2023

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The scientific debate about sustainability in the agricultural sector is growing worldwide, especially thanks to the increasing awareness of customers towards the impact of their consumption behaviors. While a great deal of attention is given to the economic and environmental dimensions of sustainability, social sustainability assessment often focuses on the quality of life of farmers and the local community; the dimension regarding occupational health and safety (OHS) is not so analyzed even if the agricultural sector could be evaluated as one of the most hazardous ones all over the world. From this point of view, workers are considered high-risk groups mainly due to the presence of hazardous equipment and chemicals. The aim of this work is to propose a cross-analysis developed on public databases reporting data about injuries in the Italian agricultural sector—provided by the Italian National Institute for the Insurance of Work-Related Injuries (INAIL)—in order to point out the main sources and causes that led to these injuries. The injury analysis will allow companies as well as institutions to define more effective prevention strategies to increase the social sustainability levels of this sector. Even if results are limited to the Italian sector, they could outline some directions for improving social sustainability levels as well as research gaps and possible future research directions in order to prevent injuries in the agricultural sector.

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“…For example, in Italy [ 11 ], 76.8% of the territory is classified as mountainous. Another good example is Spain, where the region of Asturias [ 12 , 13 ], characterized by a relatively steep slope, has a high level of accidents with agricultural machinery.…”

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A Solution to Prevent and Minimize the Consequences of Accidents with Farm Tractors in the Context of Mountainous Regions with Low Population Density

Alves,

Matos

2023

Sensors

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Farm tractors have become a key part of daily routine agriculture, converting complex and time-consuming tasks into tasks that are easier to perform and less dependent on human labor, contributing directly to increasing the economic value generated by this activity sector, either by increasing the productivity or by making certain agricultural crops viable, which otherwise would not be sustainable. However, despite all the advantages, accidents with this type of equipment are common, often with critical and sometimes fatal consequences. The evolution of safety requirements of these machines has occurred at a good level; however, a significant part of the agricultural tractors in use are older models that do not have such solutions. Even in the new models, which contain such solutions, these are not always correctly used, and it is even common that they are turned off or simply not used at all. It is therefore natural that accidents continue to occur, a situation that is aggravated by other factors. Lack of situational awareness of the operators, which can result from advanced age, inadequate training, reduced sensitivity/respect for safety rules, or working on irregular terrain like mountainous areas, contribute to high-risk contexts that end in the loss of human life. The consequences of such accidents are clearly aggravated by the time it takes to assist the victims—either because accidents are simply not identified/reported immediately, or by the time it takes to locate and provide help to the victims. This is a scenario that is more common in mountainous regions and regions with low population density. The current paper, using NB-IoT, a set of sensors, and a web application, presents a conceptual toolset conceived to prevent accidents and minimize consequences (human and material) that can be applied to old and new farm tractors. The development was carried out taking the characterization of the farmers and the land in the region in which the authors’ research institution is located into account, which has the highest rate of fatal accidents with agricultural tractors in the country; it is a region of mountainous with a very low population density.

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Severity of occupational agricultural accidents in Spain, 2013–2018

Cited by 9 publications

References 30 publications

Fatal Tractor Accidents in the Agricultural Sector in Spain during the Past Decade

Fatal Tractor Accidents in the Agricultural Sector in Spain during the Past Decade

Assessment of Safety Levels in the Agricultural Sector for Supporting Social Sustainability: A Quantitative Analysis from a National Point of View

A Solution to Prevent and Minimize the Consequences of Accidents with Farm Tractors in the Context of Mountainous Regions with Low Population Density

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