16
being propelled from machinery (10%), fall from
height (7%). Machine-related entanglements
accounted for 6%; traffic collisions, asphyxiations
from grain or soil and being struck by object
falling or propelling fatalities accounted for 4%
each. Animal-related fatalities accounted for 3%.
There were an additional 32 agriculture-related
fatalities involving 14 other mechanisms of injury
that were not included in the above graph.
4.7 FATAL AGRICULTURE-RELATED INJURIES BY THE TOP 10 CAUSE OF INJURY,
2011 – 2020
Over a third of all agriculture-related fatalities in
Ontario (41%) were due to three machine-related
causes: machine runovers, machine rollovers,
and struck by non-machine object (total of 64
fatalities).
Machine runovers and machine rollovers
accounted for 17% and 13% of fatalities
respectively. Being struck by non-machine
object (11%), being struck by an object falling or
5 (3%)
6 (4%)
6 (4%)
7 (4%)
9 (6%)
11 (7%)
16 (10%)
17 (11%)
20 (13%)
27 (17%)
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Animal-related
Struck by Object Falling or Propelled
Asphyxiation in Grain or Soil
Trac Collision
Entangled or Caught
Fall from Height
Pinned or Struck
Struck Non-Machine Object
Rollover
Runovers
Number of Fatalities
Mechanism
of
Injury
Canadian Agriculture Injury Reporting
Agriculture-related Fatalities in Ontario
1990 – 2020
