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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Mar 28.
Published in final edited form as: Hum Ecol Risk Assess. 2021 Dec 22;28(1):43–57. doi: 10.1080/10807039.2021.2014301

Table 3.

Hand tractor safety behavior of farmers and bivariate analysis of risk factors associated with hand tractor injuries.

Categories Total
Injuries
No injuries
RR 95%CI p Value
N % N % N %

Hand tractor training
Yes 40 10.6 18 45.0 22 55.0
No 337 89.4 130 38.7 206 61.3 0.86 0.52 1.41 .548
Read manual
Yes 136 36.4 51 37.5 85 62.5
No 238 63.6 95 39.9 143 60.1 1.06 0.81 1.39 .647
PPE use
Always 253 67.3 99 39.1 154 60.9
Sometimes or never 123 32.7 49 39.8 74 60.2 1.02 0.72 1.43 .918
Inspection before use
Always 334 88.8 133 39.8 201 60.2
Sometimes or never 42 11.2 15 35.7 27 64.3 0.90 0.53 1.53 .689
Maintenance after use
Always 49 13.1 26 53.1 23 46.9
Sometimes or never 326 86.9 122 37.4 204 62.6 0.70 0.46 1.08 .106