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FARMS GETTING SAFER FOR CHILDREN
Wednesday, November 24th, 2010 -- 2:12 pm
Posted by Riley Hebert-News Director
The rate of childhood injuries on U.S. farms has declined by nearly 60 percent since 1998.
Wisconsin Ag Connection reports the rate of injuries fell from 16.6 to 6.8 per 1,000 farms during the period 1998-2009. Injury rates calculated for just youth who live on farms also dropped 47.3 percent, according to a scientific survey conducted by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
The total number of injuries to youth ages 19-and-under dropped from 37,774 to 15,011, while the number of youth living on farms dropped from 1.46 million to 1.03 million.
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