Injuries and Fatalities on U.S. Farms

Jack L. Runyan

No 309839, Agricultural Information Bulletins from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: U.S. farmworkers suffered 673 fatal and 64,813 nonfatal accidents in 1992. Fatal injuries occurred at a rate of 0.3 per 1,000 U.S. farms and per 1,000 farms with hired labor expenditures. Farm operators and family members accounted for about 32 percent of nonfatal injuries, while 44,383 hired laborers were injured while engaged in farmwork. This study, using 1992 Census of Agriculture data, analyzes fatal injuries by State, and nonfatal injuries by the operators' primary occupation, age, and tenure group, and by farm type, acreage, sales, commodity, and location.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Labor and Human Capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23
Date: 1998-01
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.309839

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