| Table 3: Fatal work-related farm injuries, by circumstance |
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Age group, yr; % of injuries |
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| Circumstance |
 14
n = 50 |
15–59
n = 269 |
 60
n = 183 |
Total no. (and %) of injuries |
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Entanglement in machinery |
4.0 |
11.2 |
9.3 |
49 |
(9.8) |
| Rollover of farm vehicle |
| Sideways, down a slope |
2.0 |
8.6 |
13.1 |
48 |
(9.6) |
| Backwards |
0.0 |
5.9 |
8.7 |
32 |
(6.4) |
| Other |
4.0 |
5.6 |
5.5 |
27 |
(5.4) |
| Runover injury |
| By unmanned machinery |
2.0 |
3.7 |
6.6 |
23 |
(4.6) |
| Blind (person not in view of operator) |
38.0 |
0.4 |
1.1 |
22 |
(4.4) |
| Extra rider on farm vehicle |
26.0 |
1.9 |
0.5 |
19 |
(3.8) |
| Subsequent to jump-starting tractor |
2.0 |
1.5 |
6.0 |
16 |
(3.2) |
| Striking or crushing injury |
| Hit by falling material or rollback of large round hay bale |
2.0 |
3.7 |
8.2 |
26 |
(5.2) |
| Hit by falling tree or tree limb while woodcutting |
0.0 |
5.9 |
3.3 |
22 |
(4.4) |
| Knocked off or crushed by overhead object |
2.0 |
3.0 |
4.9 |
18 |
(3.6) |
| Crushed in collapsed trench or ditch |
0.0 |
3.3 |
0.0 |
9 |
(1.8) |
| Crushed by slipped jack or grain box |
0.0 |
1.5 |
2.2 |
8 |
(1.6) |
| Crushed between tractor and other machine |
0.0 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
3 |
(0.6) |
| Other trauma |
| Motor vehicle crash |
0.0 |
12.6 |
6.0 |
45 |
(9.0) |
| Animal trauma |
6.0 |
3.0 |
7.1 |
24 |
(4.8) |
| Fall |
0.0 |
3.3 |
4.9 |
18 |
(3.6) |
| Electrocution |
0.0 |
5.6 |
0.5 |
16 |
(3.2) |
| Miscellaneous (involving towed machine or vehicle) |
0.0 |
3.7 |
1.6 |
13 |
(2.6) |
| Miscellaneous equipment breakdown or malfunction |
2.0 |
1.9 |
3.3 |
12 |
(2.4) |
| Fire, explosion, burns |
0.0 |
3.0 |
1.6 |
11 |
(2.2) |
| Miscellaneous (blunt trauma) |
4.0 |
2.2 |
1.1 |
10 |
(2.0) |
| Drowning |
0.0 |
0.7 |
1.6 |
5 |
(1.0) |
| Other/unknown |
6.0 |
6.7 |
2.7 |
26 |
(5.2) |
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| Total |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
502 |
(100.0) |
