Kids can have ripper life experiences on farms - yet they can be exposed
to various workplace hazards and risks not
accessible to most kids.
Who knew that children are seriously injured on Australian farms and rural properties each year?
Did you know that water bodies, quadbikes, side-by-side vehicles (SSVs), tractors, utes, cars, motorbikes, and horses
combined, account for 75% of fatalities? And water bodies or drowning accounted for 31% of deaths!
Around eight or more children are admitted to hospitals with farm-related injuries each week.
Many more children with farm-related injuries present at Emergency Departments of country hospitals and to General
Practitioners.
Other causes of injury on farms also include cattle, electric and wire fencing, silos, noise, chemicals, and firearms. However,
generally, injuries from these hazards do not appear prominently in the statistics.
One study of fatalities on farms found that one-third of child fatalities were visitors to the farm. Farm kids need to make sure
they look out for their mates!
• Boys were killed more often than girls (3:1)
• Younger children are at greater risk, with half of child fatalities on farms being under five years of age.
• Older children 5-15 years are hospitalised or present to emergency departments with non-fatal injury more than
younger children. I reckon this reflects kids’ love of horses and motorbikes and, of course, their expanding work roles
on the farm helping mum and dad.
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This resource was
produced by George the Farmer for Farmsafe
Australia and the Commonwealth Department
of Agriculture, Water and the Environment.
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For more tips and resources on being safe on the farm, visit www.farmsafe.org.au
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Disclaimer: This Educators Guide is intended as a general guide only and is designed to increase risk awareness amongst children on farms. It is not legal advice and does not take the place of proper individualised child safety plans, WHS training or any other tailored steps which may be necessary to protect the health and safety of children on farms.