The Citizen, 2004-03-11, Page 24Costs of Injuries
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Common Types of Injuries
from agricultural activities
Men
Fracture
16.9%
Cut
35.40/0
Strain
22.1%
Burn
1.5%
Crush
8.7%
Other
15.4%
• Women
Fracture
16.7%
Cut
28.3%
Strain
31.7%
Burn
1.7%
Crush
15.0%
Other
6.6%
Adapted from the Ontario Farm gamily Health Study, 1992
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PAGE 24 THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2004.
Canadian Agricultural Safety Week
March 10-17, 2004
"Farm Safety Makes Sense"
Safety is an attitude
Safety is not something you can take or leave alone.
It is not an activity to be engaged in only when one is
being watched or supervised.
Safety is not strictly a poster, a slogan or a rule; nor is it
a once-in-a-while movie, meeting, investigation or
inspection.
Safety is an attitude, a frame of mind.
It is the awareness of one's environment and actions all
day and every day.
Safety is knowing what is going on, knowing what can
injure or damage, knowing how to prevent the injury or
damage and acting to prevent it.
All it requires is intelligence and a reasonable amount
of natural ability to see, hear, smell and think.
To do things safely and correctly is the mark of a wise,
not a timid person.
To ignore safe practices in not an indication of bravery
but of stupidity.
Unknown
Broadly speaking, two out of three farm fatalities
(60.2%) tend to be the owner-operator. The
remaining farm fatalities tend to be: a child of the
owner-operator (15.0%); a hired worker (11.6%); a
relative - perhaps a brother or parent (8.2%); or the
owner-operator's spouse (2.9%), with the remaining
(2.1%) being other visitors, according to the
Canadian Agricultural Injury Surveillance Program.
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