Child Fatalities on Farms - When Will Rural Leaders
Decide "Enough is Enough?"
Seasonal feature
During the past two years, numerous children have died as a result of traumatic farm workplace injuries in Minnesota and in other areas of the country. This is not really news, since we lose about 100 U.S. kids every year as a result of machinery entanglements, equipment runovers, encounters with livestock, drowning, and a range of other hazardous farm workplace situations.
Study Shows Rates and Key Risk Factors
for Both Farming and Non-Farming Injuries Among Youth in the Upper
Midwest
Research review
In June 2001, an article published in the research journal "Injury Prevention" revealed a detailed analysis of both farm work and non-farm work related injuries among children and youth in 3,939 farm households in five states. The study was part of the Regional Rural Injury Study, and included telephone interviews with farming families in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Nebraska.
Children Saved By Nurses Who took Web
Course!
News from the FH&S Program
Has a recent member of your community been a child
who has been injured on the farm? Have you been frustrated when
others seem to want a quick fix and you really want to talk about
preventing further injury? Time is always at a premium, so you need
a way to talk about children in the farm work environment quickly
and compassionately; you need a tool to use in those teachable moments.
Parents' Rights, Child Protection, and
Agriculture
National news
There are few occupations as closely tied to the heart of America as farming. Agriculture has provided the food, goods, and raw materials necessary to fuel the growth of this nation from its inception. Farming is unique for two reasons: 1) entire families may be involved in the day-to-day tasks of farming and 2) there is no separation between where farming families live and where they work. What this means for children is that they are exposed to workplace hazards that they wouldn't be if there parents were construction workers, teachers, or physicians. This article attempts to summarize the legislation and court cases relevant to parents and children living and working on farms.
