FARMS GETTING SAFER FOR CHILDREN
Wednesday, November 24th, 2010 -- 2:12 PM
The rate of childhood injuries on U.S. farms has declined by nearly 60 percent since 1998.[i]Wisconsin Ag Connection[/i] 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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