2011 Fact sheet: childhood agricultural injuries

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety
• Description:
  Farms: 1.) In 2009, there were approximately 2.2 million farms in the United States. Children: 1.) Over 1.04 million youth lived on farms in 2009. 2.) More than half of all household youth performed work on the farm in 2006, with the highest group being 10-15 year olds. 3.) An additional 307,000 youth (youth not living on farms) were hired to do work on US farms in 2006. 4.) Only 30% of farm households with children younger than eight years reported having an enclosed, fenced off play area in 2006. Industry: 1.) The National Safety Council's 2009 edition of Injury Facts ranks agriculture as our nation's most dangerous industry with 28.6 deaths per 100,000 adult workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Family Farmers Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Children Families Injury-prevention Occupational-hazards Safety-education
• Publisher:
  Marshfield Clinic
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 5 ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038711
• Citation:
  Marshfield, WI: Marshfield Clinic, 2011 Jan; :1-2
• Email:
  nccrahs@mcrf.mfldclin.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20080930
• Source Full Name:
  2011 Fact Sheet: Childhood Agricultural Injuries
• End Date:
  20250929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:28a76065638850aeaf07e233065c8364d4c413a27ebaddb2ccaf01f23e06f9ee6696046548ee13bbf44b35f4a0b07f9269d98f3a32dc93a030d9eed04faa1862
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/192329/cdc_192329_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 65.55 KB ]