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16 THE RURAL VOICE
playing in barn haylofts or climbing
trees, but the danger is significant.
"Children should not be allowed
to play in elevated areas such as barn
lofts without appropriate protective
barriers for falls being present," says
Helen Ward of CAISP.
In the 1990-1998 period, 36
children in the 5-9 age group were
killed, 20 per cent of fatalities for
those under 19 while this group
accounted for 24 per cent of those
children sent to hospital.
Still, the biggest danger for
children remains farm
machinery and particularly
tractors. Kids want to be part of the
action and few farm families have
withstood the temptation of letting a
youngster ride along on the tractor.
But extra -rider run -overs, which
usually occur when a victim is run
over by a tractor or other farm
machine after having fallen from the
vehicle, make up 47 per cent of all
run -over fatalities for all ages and 36
per cent of run -overs requiring
hospitalization.
Young children are at highest risk
'of falling off a tractor and being run
over, with 40 per cent of all farm
fatalities among those under 15
coming from such incidents and 34
per cent of all accidents requiring
hospitalization.
But this is the most easily
preventable type of death and injury,
says Pickett. Farm tractors and most
other farm machines were not
designed to accommodate multiple
passengers.
"By just not taking on extra riders,
nearly all rider run -over injuries
would be avoided," Pickett says.
Even taking Pickett's advice,
however, the reality for a farm family
is that at some point the younger
generation has to learn to use the
farm equipment and to do that, an
adult has to be on board. But there
are steps that can be taken to reduce
the risk of run -overs, says Theresa
Whalen -Ruiter, farm safety co-
ordinator with the Canadian
Federation of Agriculture.
For training, have either the
instructor or the student stand on the
drawbar behind the operators seat,
she suggests. Make sure no
implement is being pulled behind the
tractor during the training. That way
if the passenger should happen to fall
off, there is nothing behind to run