Farm-related Child Fatality Numbers Higher than Other Industries
By Ron Smith
Delta Farm Press
Every three days, a child dies in an agriculture-related incident, and each day at least 33 children are injured.
Some 47% of fatalities result from tractor and motor vehicle accidents, according to the National Farm Medicine Center and National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety (NFMC & NCCRAHS). Some 20% come from contact with machinery, including entanglements in PTO; another 13% result from animal/human contact, and miscellaneous causes make up the remaining 20%.