. Agri-news. Agriculture. 1998 Alberta farm fatality and injury statistics To provide information on farm injury incidents, 70 Alberta hospitals provide information for all farm related injuries to the Farm Accident Monitoring System (FAMS). The information gathered by FAMS is used by the Farm Safety Program to enhance their education and awareness programs. "Safety is every bit as important on farms as it is in any workplace," says Solomon Kyeremanteng, manager of Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development's farm safety program. "Alberta farmers work with machinery and liv
. Agri-news. Agriculture. 1998 Alberta farm fatality and injury statistics To provide information on farm injury incidents, 70 Alberta hospitals provide information for all farm related injuries to the Farm Accident Monitoring System (FAMS). The information gathered by FAMS is used by the Farm Safety Program to enhance their education and awareness programs. "Safety is every bit as important on farms as it is in any workplace," says Solomon Kyeremanteng, manager of Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development's farm safety program. "Alberta farmers work with machinery and livestock, both of which require cautious and safe handling. While there are peak times of activity, farm safety is a year round ; In 1998 there were: • 1621 reported injuries • an average of 135 per month; May had the highest number of injuries at 251 (15 %) and December had the lowest number, 49 injuries (3 %) • livestock contributed to 719 incidents (44 %) • farm machinery contributed to 439 injury cases (27 %) • tools contributed to 152 injury cases (9 %); knives were the tool most often cited in the reported injury (35 cases), followed by needles and syringes (28 cases) • chemicals contributed to 44 reported injury cases (3 %) • 13 injuries (1 %) involved fire • the most common type of injury involved was lacerations followed by contusions and fractures • fingers and thumbs were involved in the highest category of injury • 18 to 34 year-olds emerged as the age group with the highest number of injuries • 78 per cent of injuries involved males (1272 cases); 21 per cent (342 cases) involved females • 76 per cent of farm injuries reported occurred between 9:00 and 9:00 • 11 injuries involved machinery rollovers and 14 injuries involving machinery run over • there were 22 farm fatalities in 1998 "A Safe Farm is a Great Place to Grow has been the theme of the Alberta Agriculture farm safety program for the past two years,&qu
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