Work injuries among Finnish farmers: a national register linkage study 1996-1997.

Background: Farming is one of the most injury-prone occupations in Finland as it is in other countries. Our goals were to describe work injuries of Finnish farmers and to compare occupational injury rates between various subgroups.

Methods: A national cohort of 69,629 full-time farmers and their 11,657 compensated injuries were identified from an insurance company database.