Agricultural Fatalities
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Do You
Know... Each year on farms in the United
States, an alarming number of youth younger than 20 years of age are killed,
injured, or permanently disabled? According to the
National Safety Council, agriculture is the most hazardous industry in the
nation. The following are examples of fatalities
to young workers.
Case Study Fatalities:
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Reports
- On July 30, 1994, a ten-year-old boy died when the tractor he was driving
overturned while he was turning off a public highway onto a gravel road. The
tractor was towing a hay baler and loaded hayrack and was not equipped with a roll-over protective
structure and seat belt.
FACE Reports: 94mn041
- On July 11, 1995, a 13-year-old boy died after being engulfed by corn
inside a grain bin. The boy and his father were using a portable auger to
unload corn from the bin into a truck. The boy uncovered the bin roof
access opening and sat on the roof ladder to monitor the flow of corn. The
boy accidentally fell into the grain bin and suffocated. FACE Reports: 95mn045
- On June 3, 1994, a 13-year-old boy died when
struck by a runaway farm
wagon. He was attempting to stop and direct the wagon but was instead
caught between the wagon and the garage. FACE Reports: 94mn030
- On August 17, 1995, a 17-year-old boy died after he was struck by a
front-end loader bucket. Face Reports: 95mn046
- On September 13, 1997, a 13-year old boy died when he was run over by
a grass seeder being towed by a tractor on sloped land. FACE Reports: 97mn038
- On January 19, 1999, a 17-year-old youth farm worker was killed when
he become entangled in Power Take Off (PTO) driveline of an old
grinder-mixer. FACE Reports: 99IA-003
- On June 22, 1999, an 18-year-old male farm worker (the victim) died
after the tractor he was driving overturned and he received crushing
injuries from being tossed in the cab. FACE Reports: 99wi038
- On July 26, 1989, five family members, including a 15-year-old
youth, died after entering a manure waste pit on dairy farm. FACE Reports:
89-46
Farm
Fatality Reminder of Electrocution Danger Associated with Aluminum
Irrigation Piping
- In June of 1989 a 15-year-old worker was fatally electrocuted. Two
other teen workers were hospitalized for electrical burns to their hands and feet.
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