while every child should not be put in a dangerous situation and be properly trained..
eliminating farm work will never eliminate child hood accidents..
AUTO ACCIDENTS
The automobile accounts for the largest number of these accidental deaths.
Other top causes of accidental death are drowning, fire, falls, and poisoning,
The third leading cause of death amongst teenagers: Suicide
while the death of even one child is hard to deal with..
It is estimated that 300 children younger than twenty years of age die of agricultural injuries on U.S. farms annually.
The death rate is four times that of all other industries combined. Farm vehicles account for half of the fatal farm injuries, the majority due to tractor accidents. Farmers also suffer from high levels of stress. Farm work is difficult and demanding, and poor prices, weather conditions, and unstable markets all contribute to the stress level.
Operating farm machinery, including vehicles, is the leading cause of farm deaths, and drowning is the second leading cause of death on farms.
do you ever notice how things get worded to make it seem like work is the cause?
in looking at the numbers half 300 are vehicle related and of that tractor accidents are the leading cause..
yet if you look past the misleading information..
About 44 percent of the injuries that occurred to children were classified as work-related.
no where in the article does it say work is the cause of the 300 annual deaths
vehicle accidents are top causes.. as well as drowning and suicide .
but actual farm work related accidents are only a portion of the total vehicle accidents..
while eliminating farm/ranch work might prevent that portion.. it would still leave 75% of the deaths not addressed..
and of those 25% we do not know what percentage is actually from work at other farms..
and again.. as I said, I do not take even one death lightly ..
but out of 300 annual deaths, using their numbers, slightly over 25% could be attributed to farm work.
so will this really prevent deaths? no.. it actually ignores and distorts the real problem.
it is a difficult subject and I would be all for preventing childhood or any accidental deaths.. but the reality is a little more attention to training, swimming lessons and suicide prevention would do more good.
none of which is addressed.
agricultural-related injuries occurred among children and adolescents under the age of twenty who lived on, worked on, or visited a farm operation
they take all farm/ranch and rural related injuries and deaths and try to use it as justification to further their agenda.. and while unfortunate few are actually farm/ranch work related.
