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28 THE RURAL VOICE
SAFETY SPECIAL
FARM
SAFETY
WEEK
JULY 25th
TO
JULY 31st
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NUMBER OF FARM INJURIES UP IN 1987
Injuries occurring to agricultural
workers in Ontario increased slightly in
1987, according to recently released
statistics from the Farm Safety
Association. The 1987 Survey of Lost -
Time Injuries reported 2,923 injuries
compared to 2,856 in 1986 and 2,906 in
1985.
The agricultural commodity group
accounting for the largest number of
injuries was the landscape group with
749 injuries (25.7 per cent of the total).
The tobacco commodity reported 341
injuries (11.6 percent) of the total and
the nursery industry reported 253
injuries (8.7 per cent of the total).
The counties or regions with the
largest number of agricultural injuries
were York: 318 (10.9 per cent of the
total); Haldimand-Norfolk: 243 (8.3 per
cent of the total); Middlesex: 201 (6.9
per cent of the total); and Ottawa -
Carleton: 183 (6.2 per cent of the total).
The Farm Safety Association also
recorded 31 agricultural accident
fatalities in 1987. In 1986, 22 were
recorded. There were 27 in 1985 and 50
in 1984. In 1987, farm tractors were
involved in 12 deaths, and 8 fatalities
involved children under the age of 15.
For more information about farm
safety and the prevention of accidents,
write • or call the Farm Safety
Association Inc., 340 Woodlawn Road,
Suite 22-23, 'Guelph, Ontario, N1H
7K6, telephone 519-823-5600.0
ONTARIO FARM FATALITIES BY YEAR: 1977
50 -
Number at
Fatalities 30—
m-
10--
0
I I I
77 78 79
YEAR
(cont'd)