Protecting Children from Agricultural Injuries

Details

• Personal Author:
  Lee BC
• Description:
  Across the United States, an estimated 100 children die and 33,000 are seriously injured each year from agriculture-related trauma. Wisconsin is among the states with the highest numbers and population-based rates of childhood agricultural injuries and fatalities. These injury events should not be referred to as "accidents" because they are not "acts of God" or "freak events." The pattern is clearly identifiable. While many people believe that the benefits of living and/or working on farms far outweigh the risk of injuries, these beliefs are now being challenged by injury prevention specialists who are concerned about the slow reduction in childhood agricultural injuries when compared to other types of injuries. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Farmers Mortality Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Children Injuries Injury-prevention Mortality-data Mortality-rates Risk-analysis Risk-factors Traumatic-injuries
• ISSN:
  1098-1861
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• 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:
  14-15
• Volume:
  101
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026897
• Citation:
  WMJ 2002 Jan; 101(5):14-15
• Contact Point Address:
  Dr. Barbara Lee, National Children's Center, 1000 N Oak Ave, Marshfield, WI 54449
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Performing Organization:
  Marshfield Medical Research & Education Foundation
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19970930
• Source Full Name:
  Wisconsin Medical Journal
• End Date:
  20040630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4f6462f3bff12a193e35c5bbf9ada910d7393dbec4a6f861fdc4516d9a19c51d5621dcbf351a8c9bc0c4e0bd285e4811048e74acaecde073338805fbe42af1b7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/197404/cdc_197404_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 273.00 KB ]