L. Rachid Salmi, Harold B. Weiss, Peggy L.
Peterson, Robert F. Spengler, Richard W. Sattin, Henry A Anderson
NIOSH Education and Information Division
AUTHOR
ABSTRACT
Death
certificate data concerning farm-related injury deaths among
children 0 to 9 years of age in Wisconsin and Illinois for
the period of 1979 to 1985 were reviewed. Average annual farm-related
injury death rates were 3.2 per 100,000 rural children in
Wisconsin (62 deaths) and 1.5 per 100,000 in Illinois (32
deaths). Rates were three times higher among boys than girls.
The occurrence of two harvest-related peaks and the absence
of fatality in children less than 1 year of age suggest that
presence of children on the farm when supervision is diminished
is a key factor in farm-related fatalities. Moving machinery
(tractors, wagons, and trucks) was the source of injury in
approximately 55% of all deaths. Drowning accounted for 15%
of all farm-related deaths. Two fatalities related to gravity
box wagons could have easily been prevented with simple safety
devices. These findings suggest a need for developing environmental
interventions in farms. This will require the allocation of
more resources to farm safety programs and a revision of current
farm safety legislation.
JOURNAL AND
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE ID#
JOURNAL:
Pediatrics. 1989; 83(2): 267-271.
Note:
Pediatrics.
NLOM ID#:
89112928
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