Choroby zawodowe rolników ubezpieczonych w KRUS Occupational diseases of farmers insured with the Agricultural Social Insurance Fund (KRUS)

Abstract

The study deals with farmers’ occupational diseases that are covered by the Agricultural Social Insurance Fund (KRUS). It presents the quantitative and territorial structure of the types of occupational diseases of farmers insured with KRUS between 2012 and 2021. The effects of occupational diseases for farmers, based on health impairment suffered, were also examined. The incidence of occupational diseases by age of insured farmers was reviewed. The role of the prevention activities undertaken by KRUS to reduce the incidence of occupational diseases among farmers was also presented. The study draws on KRUS data and information material as well as literature. Descriptive analysis, tabular analysis and inference methods were used to achieve the objectives and verify the hypotheses.