Where Work is Hazardous to Your Health
Author: Sweeney, Maureen A. J.D.
Date Published: 1990
Report on a survey of occupational injuries and field sanitation among North Carolina farmworkers. The findings showed that although farm work has an extremely high rate of on-the-job injuries and is the most dangerous occupation in the country, no adequate system exists in North Carolina to ensure that farmworkers who have suffered occupational injuries receive the medical care that they need or any form of compensation that would allow them to take the necessary period of recuperation for a full recovery from their injuries. Responses to this survey indicate that less than half of the workers who had been injured and felt that they needed to see a doctor were able to do so within the first 24 hours, and nearly one-fourth never received any medical attention for their injury. Furthermore, the promptness of medical care appeared to be important. Seventy-five percent of those who saw a doctor within 24 hours after their injury and those who never received medical care for their injury did.
Date Published: 1990
Report on a survey of occupational injuries and field sanitation among North Carolina farmworkers. The findings showed that although farm work has an extremely high rate of on-the-job injuries and is the most dangerous occupation in the country, no adequate system exists in North Carolina to ensure that farmworkers who have suffered occupational injuries receive the medical care that they need or any form of compensation that would allow them to take the necessary period of recuperation for a full recovery from their injuries. Responses to this survey indicate that less than half of the workers who had been injured and felt that they needed to see a doctor were able to do so within the first 24 hours, and nearly one-fourth never received any medical attention for their injury. Furthermore, the promptness of medical care appeared to be important. Seventy-five percent of those who saw a doctor within 24 hours after their injury and those who never received medical care for their injury did.
