Activities associated with childhood injury events among children injured by a farm work hazard while not engaged in farm work
| Activity | Fatalities (n = 129) | Hospitalized injuries (n = 178) | Restricted activity injuries (n = 63) | Total* (n = 370) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| *Given limitations on data sources, the relative contribution of fatal, hospitalized, and restricted activity injuries in these totals may not be representative of the actual population of injury events. | ||||||||
| †Includes all-terrain vehicle and motor bike operation. | ||||||||
| Recreational: | ||||||||
| Playing in the worksite | 44 | 34.1 | 114 | 64.0 | 14 | 22.2 | 172 | 46.5 |
| Horse related | 5 | 3.9 | 12 | 6.7 | 23 | 36.5 | 40 | 10.8 |
| Recreational vehicle operation† | 1 | 0.8 | 0 | 4 | 6.3 | 5 | 1.4 | |
| Playing in the house yard | 2 | 1.6 | 0 | 3 | 4.8 | 5 | 1.4 | |
| Other recreational | 2 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.5 | ||
| Non-recreational: | ||||||||
| Bystander to farm hazard | 30 | 23.3 | 32 | 18.0 | 6 | 9.5 | 68 | 18.4 |
| Extra rider on farm machinery | 35 | 27.1 | 17 | 9.6 | 11 | 17.5 | 63 | 17.0 |
| Non-farm work | 4 | 3.1 | 3 | 1.7 | 0 | 7 | 1.9 | |
| Motor vehicle related | 3 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.8 | ||
| Other non-recreational | 3 | 2.3 | 0 | 2 | 3.2 | 5 | 1.4 | |