Abstract
A paper-and-pencil simulation exercise depicts the difficult decisions of a farm family as they struggle to work safely while trying to expand farm size, maintain production, cope with labor shortages, bad weather and equipment problems. Response patterns of 34 persons mimic choices of other farmers faced with real- life decision alternatives like those depicted in the exercise. Farmers judged the exercise as authentic and useful for teaching them relationships among workload, stress, economics, safety, and injury prevention as an integral part of farm planning and management. Many reported that the exercise convinced them to make safety a higher priority.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Agricultural Health and Safety |
Subtitle of host publication | Recent Advances |
Pages | 117-124 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781000523928 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2024 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 1997 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.
Keywords
- Agriculture
- Economics
- Farming
- Occupational injury prevention
- Planning
- Safety
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
- General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
- General Medicine
- General Business, Management and Accounting
- General Engineering
- General Social Sciences
- General Environmental Science