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Of those killed in agriculture-related injury
events, 84% (n=128) of the victims were
engaged in agriculture-related work.
Whereas, 16% (n=25) of those killed in
agriculture-related injury events were not
working at the time of the incident.
There were 3 fatalities with insufficient
documentation to determined if the deceased
was working or not working at the time of the
incident.
4.5 FATAL AGRICULTURE-RELATED INJURIES: BY RELATIONSHIP TO
AGRICULTURE-RELATED WORK, 2011 – 2020
Of the 156 agriculture-related fatalities in Ontario,
93% (n=143) were work-related. The 7% of
fatalities that were non-work-related (n=10) were
due to hazards of the farm environment.
Most adults who died were engaged in
agriculture-related work, whereas the majority
of children who were killed in work-related injury
events were not working themselves.
There were 3 fatalities with insufficient
documentation to determine if work was being
performed at the time of the incident.
Sixty-three percent of agriculture-related
fatalities (n=99) were machine-related. The
leading machine-related mechanisms of fatal
injury were machine rollovers, machine runovers,
and machine entanglements. (Figure 4.6).
There were 57 agriculture-related fatalities that
were non-machine-related (37%) included being
struck by an animal or an object, drownings
(mainly in children), falls from height, and
exposure to toxic substances. (Figure 4.6).
4.6 MACHINE-RELATED FATALITIES
Canadian Agriculture Injury Reporting
Agriculture-related Fatalities in Ontario
1990 – 2020
143
Work-related
93%
128
Victim working
84%
99
Machine-related
63%
10
Non work-related
7%
25
Victim not working
16%
57
Non-machine-related
37%
