Work accidents with children and youth in a rural environment in southern Brazil.
Daiani Modernel Xavier, Marta Regina Cezar-Vaz, Clarice Alves Bonow and 1 others
PMID 32022155WHAT IT FOUND
In rural Brazil, 116 of 211 children and youth working with families reported an accident.
Accidents were more common with motorcycle riding, lettuce work and protective equipment use, and less common with more schooling.
Key findings
01116 of the 211 children and youth working with families self-reported an occupational accident.
02The most frequent reported accidents were insect bites (44%), burns (40.5%) and workplace falls (27.6%), and lack of attention was the most common reported cause (93.7%).
03In the adjusted analysis, motorcycle riding was associated with 69% higher accident prevalence, lettuce work with 86% higher, protective equipment use with 46% higher, and each additional year of schooling with 5% lower.
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What it does not show
The study used self-reported accidents and work details, so answers may reflect what participants understood and remembered. The authors note the exploratory design did not allow them to act on the identified scenario. Participants may not have fully understood what an occupational accident meant. The total number of rural child and youth workers was estimated from population percentages because official records were lacking.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that protective equipment causes accidents or should be avoided. The study found that reported protective equipment use was more common among young workers who reported accidents, but it did not test why or whether equipment changed risk.