Non-Working

Leading Causes of Injury to Non-Working Children on Farms

Deaths

• Runover as bystander
• Runover as passenger
• Drowning

Hospitalized Injury

• Fall from heights
• Machinery entanglement
• Animal (falls, struck by, crushed by)

Medically Treated Injury

• Animal (falls, struck by, crushed by)
• Falls from heights

Preventing Injuries to Non-Working Children

Prohibit access to the farm worksite

• Arrange off-farm childcare
  • A roadmap for delivering child care in agricultural communities
  • Don’t mix worksite and child care
• Build a safe play area

Keep kids away from tractors

• Keep kids away from tractors (Poster)
• Keep kids away from tractors (Video)
• Keep kids away from tractors (Prevention Brief)

Install passive physical barriers

• Fence water hazards
• Install fall protection in haylofts
• Fence animal enclosures
• Install barriers around machinery and vehicle compounds
• Build a safe play area

Institute safe storage practices

• Don’t lean large objects (tires, water troughs, etc) against walls
• Put away tools and sharps

Identify child care alternatives

• Arrange off-farm childcare
  • A roadmap for delivering child care in agricultural communities
  • Don’t mix worksite and child care
• Arrange in-home childcare

Develop and enforce consistent rules for recreational activities

• ATV Information
• Horses and riding activities