13
the highest rates; 19.6 fatalities per 100,000 farm
population and 17.1 fatalities per 100,000
population respectively.
The age group with the highest fatality rate was
those 80 years of age and older, with a rate of
50.1 fatalities per 100,000 farm population
(n=21).
4.3 FATAL AGRICULTURE-RELATED INJURIES BY SEASON, 2011-2020
The top mechanisms of injury accounted for 70% of spring agriculture-related deaths, 46% of the
deaths in the summer, 49% of the deaths in the fall and 65% of the deaths in the winter.
Overall, runovers accounted for 17% of all agriculture-related deaths, rollovers accounted for 13% and
struck by non-machine object accounted for 11%.
The percentages are based on all injury fatalities within each season. Not adjusted for seasonal
variability.^
4.4 FATAL AGRICULTURE-RELATED INJURIES BY NUMBER / RATE
BY AGE GROUP, 2011-2020
The overall Ontario agriculture fatality rate was
8.5 per 100,000 farm population. The overall
rate Canadian fatality rate was 10.7 deaths per
100,000 farm population.
The age groups with the highest number of
fatalities, those 70 to 79 years of age (n=25) and
those 50 to 59 years of age (n=22) did not have
1-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80+
Number of Fatalities
14 4 3 3 9 5 12 18 22 20 25 21
Age Specic Rate
14.9 3.9 2.7 2.0 6.3 3.9 6.5 8.6 7.1 8.3 19.6 50.1
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Canadian Agriculture Injury Reporting
Agriculture-related Fatalities in Ontario
1990 – 2020
^ Data not adjusted for environmental conditions or the effects of seasonal weather patterns.
Spring Summer Fall Winter
Mar – May Jun – Aug Sep – Nov Dec – Feb
Machinery Rollovers 16% Machinery Runovers 22% Machinery Runovers 23%
Struck by Object-non machine
25%
Pinned / struck by machine
component or collapsing
machine 16%
Machinery Rollovers 15% Machinery Rollovers 14%
Machinery Runover or Struck
by Object non-machine 15%
each
Fall from height or
Asphyxiation in grain / soil 11%
each
Struck by Object-non machine
9%
Struck by Object-non machine
12%
Entangled / caught in
machinery 10%
