2016 Fact sheet: childhood agricultural injuries in the U.S

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety
• Description:
  Population at Risk - Farms: In 2015, there were approximately 2.07 million farms in the United States. Children: About 893,000 youth lived on farms in 2014 and more than half (51%) worked on their farm. More than 265,600 non-resident youth were hired in agriculture in 2014. Approximately 23,883,000 youth visited farms in 2014. Toll of Childhood Agricultural Injuries - Deaths: Every three days, a child dies in an agriculture-related incident. Of the leading sources of fatalities among all youth, 25% involved machinery, 17% involved motor vehicles (includes ATVs), and 16% were drownings. For working youth, tractors were the leading source of fatalities followed by ATVs. Nonfatal Injuries: Every day, about 33 children are injured in agriculture-related incidents. In 2014, an estimated 7,469 household youth were injured on a farm and 60% of them were not working when the injury occurred. An estimated 738 hired youth were injured on farms in 2014. Approximately 3,735 visiting youth were injured on farms in 2014. Vehicles were the leading source of injury for household working youth. Animals were the leading source of injury for both household non-working youth and visitors. Injury Trends: While overall numbers of farm injuries are declining, injuries to household youth have held steady. Among household youth on farms, injury rates increased in 2014 for youth 10-19 years. From 2003 to 2010, among workers younger than 16 years, the number of worker fatalities inagriculture was consistently higher than in all non-agricultural industries combined. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Animal Husbandry Animals Automobiles Demography Economics Family Farmers Mortality Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety

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• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Agricultural-machinery Agricultural-workers Animal-husbandry-workers Children Demographic-characteristics Economic Consequences Economic Impact Families Injuries Injury-prevention Machinery Mortality-data Mortality-rates Motor-vehicles Occupational-hazards Safety-education Statistical-analysis Tractors Young Workers

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• 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:20048737
• Citation:
  Marshfield, WI: Marshfield Clinic, 2016 Jun; :1-2
• Email:
  nccrahs@mcrf.mfldclin.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20080930
• Source Full Name:
  2016 fact sheet: childhood agricultural injuries in the U.S.
• End Date:
  20250929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/203417/cdc_203417_DS1.pdf
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