2011 Childhood Agricultural Injury Fact Sheet - National Farm Medicine Center NCCRAHS

2011 Fact Sheet Childhood Agricultural Injuries The National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety (a program of the National Farm Medicine Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, Wisconsin) is funded by the... More

2011 Fact Sheet Childhood Agricultural Injuries The National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety (a program of the National Farm Medicine Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, Wisconsin) is funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH Award No. 5 U54 OH009568-03) Population at Risk Farms  In 2009, there were approximately 2. 2 million farms in the United States. 1 Children  Over 1. 04 million youth lived on farms in 2009. 2  More than half of all household youth performed work on the farm in 2006, with the highest group being 10-15 year olds. 3  An additional 307,000 youth (youth not living on farms) were hired to do work on US farms in 2006. 3  Only 30% of farm households with children younger than eight years reported having an enclosed, fenced off play area in 2006. 4 Industry  The National Safety Council’s 2009 edition of Injury Facts ranks agriculture as our nation’s most d Less