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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Farm and tractor-related fatalities in children in South Australia |
Author: | Byard, R. Gilbert, J. Lipsett, J. James, R. |
Citation: | Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 1998; 34(2):139-141 |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Issue Date: | 1998 |
ISSN: | 1034-4810 1440-1754 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Rw Byard, J Gilbert, J Lipsett and R James |
Abstract: | Objective: To analyse the circumstances surrounding farm and tractor-related childhood fatalities in South Australia, to identify potentially dangerous situations and to delineate prevention strategies. Methods: A retrospective search of files was conducted at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital Department of Histopathology from 1981 to 1996, and the State Coroner’s Office from 1988 to 1996. Results: Fifteen fatalities were identified comprising 11 boys and four girls (age range, 2 years 11 months to 13 years; average, 6 years). Activities prior to death included riding on a tractor/trailer (n=8); playing near a field grain storage bin (n=2); playing near machinery (n=2); sleeping in a car near a burn off (n=1); walking around a dam (n=1) and riding as a passenger on a motorbike (n=1). Causes of death included multiple skull fractures and cerebral damage (n=11), asphyxia (n=2), drowning (n=1) and incineration (n=1). Conclusions: The most dangerous activity involved children riding unrestrained on tractors; falls resulted in extensive injuries from tractor rear wheels or towed machinery. Allowing children on farms to ride on tractors or machinery only if there is a safe seat with a restraining harness would substantially reduce the number of fatal farm-related childhood injuries in South Australia. |
Keywords: | childhood fatalities farm-related accidents tractor accidents |
Rights: | © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |
DOI: | 10.1046/j.1440-1754.1998.00177.x |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1754.1998.00177.x |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Pathology publications |
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