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Canadian agricultural fatalities 1990-2008 presented by Don Voaklander PhD, Professor and Director, Alberta Centre for Injury Control and Research, School of Public Health, University of Alberta. who, where, when and so what?. Economic Burden of Agriculture-Related Injuries in Canada. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Canadian agricultural fatalities 1990-2008presented by Don Voaklander PhD, Professor and Director, Alberta Centre for Injury Control and Research,
School of Public Health, University of Alberta
who, where, when and so what?
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Economic Burden of Agriculture-Related Injuries in Canada
Unintentional81%
Intentional 17%
Undetermined Intent/Other
2%
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Agriculture Area and Use of Land
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Agricultural fatalities vs Suicide and Motor Vehicle 1990-2007
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Agriculture 15.4 14.2 14.3 15.3 17.1 15.0 14.2 16.0 16.0 13.8 16.7 14.5 13.5 14.6 12.1 13.6 11.4 11.3 10.8
Suicides 12.3 13 13.1 13.2 12.9 13.4 13.2 12.4 12.2 13.4 11.5 11.5 11.3 11.5 10.9 11 10.1 10.3
MVC 13.8 13 12.2 12.5 11.1 11.2 10.5 10.1 10.4 8.95 10.3 9.8 9.95 9.8 9.5 10.1 9.55 9.3
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
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Canadian Agricultural Fatalities 1990-2008
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Canadian agricultural fatality rates trends 1990-2008
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Agriculture 15.4 14.2 14.3 15.3 17.1 15.0 14.2 16.0 16.0 13.8 16.7 14.5 13.5 14.6 12.1 13.6 11.4 11.3 10.8
Trend Line 15.0 15.0 15.1 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.5 15.6 14.9 14.3 13.6 13.0 12.5 11.9 11.4 10.9
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
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Agricultural fatalities: age groups 1990-2008
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Number of Fatalities 109 80 59 96 146 203 252 312 308 273 130
Crude Rate 12.6 6.8 4.1 6.8 9.9 9.8 9.8 14.8 22.4 45.2 79.7
1-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 >80
Overall Rate- 12.9
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Canadian agricultural fatalities: months 1990-2008
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Canadian agricultural fatalities: cause 1990-2008
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Temperature extremes
Off-road vehicles
Caught non-machine object
Electric current
Fire/explosion
Fall from machinery not runover
Asphyxia grain/soil
Caustic/toxic
Struck by object falling/propelling
Fall from height
Drowning
Other Machine
Struck non-machine object
Animal-related
Pinned/struck by machine
Machine/motor vehicle collision
Entangled/caught in machine
Runover
Rollover
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Number of Fatalities
Machine-RelatedNon-Machine-Related
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Canadian agricultural fatalities: leading causes 1990-2008
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Tractor rollovers: age groups 1990-2008
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Number 4 3 6 18 21 30 43 58 74 53 21
Crude Rate 0.5 0.3 0.4 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.7 2.7 5.4 8.8 12.9
1-4 yrs 5-9 yrs 10-14 yrs 15-19 yrs 20-29 yrs 30-39 yrs 40-49 yrs 50-59 yrs 60-69 yrs 70-79 yrs >80 yrs
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Runovers: age groups 1990-2008
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Number 60 26 11 8 5 20 25 43 53 67 35
Crude Rate 6.9 2.2 0.8 0.6 0.3 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.9 11.1 21.5
1-4 yrs 5-9 yrs 10-14 yrs 15-19 yrs 20-29 yrs 30-39 yrs 40-49 yrs 50-59 yrs 60-69 yrs 70-79 yrs >80 yrs
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Canadian agricultural machine runover fatalities: categories 1990-2008
Bystander23%
Operator19%Passenger
19%
Unmanned machine
39%
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Canadian agricultural machine-related fatalities: machine type 1990-2008
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Canadian agricultural drowning fatalities: locations 1990-2008
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Canadian agricultural fatalities: relationship to farm owner 1990-2008
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Top four mechanisms of injury: calendar year 1990-2008
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Rollovers- APC= -3.7* Entanglement- APC= -4.7*
Pinned/Struck- APC= 2.5 MVC- APC= -1.3
APC= annual percentage change*= statistically significant
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So What?
• Engineering improvements are contributing to reductions• Operator error contributing to increases• Visitors not a major incidence group• Fatality rate is on a slow decline• May to November have highest # of fatalities
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Thank You
• Colleen Drul, Injury Data Analyst, ACICR• CAIR/CASA
Canadian Agricultural Safety Association3325 – C Pembina HighwayWinnipeg MB R3V 0A2Tel: 1-877-452-2272www.planfarmsafety.ca Email: [email protected]
