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Canadian Agriculture Injury Reporting: Agriculture-related Fatalities in Ontario 1990–2020

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15 4.8 FATAL AGRICULTURE-RELATED INJURY ROLLOVERS (age-standardized), 2011 – 2020 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Rate per 100,000 Farm Population Year Over the 10-year period from 2011 to 2020, there 91 machine-related rollover fatalities. This equates to 9 deaths each year. Over this time period, the rollover fatality rate decreased an average of 6.8% each year. 4.9 FATAL AGRICULTURE-RELATED INJURY ROLLOVERS BY ROLLOVER TYPE, 2011 – 2020 Of the 91 rollover fatalities, 45% (n=41) occurred sideways in direction. Another 12% (n=11) of the rollovers were backwards, and in 43% (n=39), either the direction of the rollover could not be determined or there was insufficient documentation to determine the direction of the rollover at the time of death. The majority of the rollover fatalities involved a tractor (69%), and another 16% involved an off-road vehicle. Canadian Agriculture Injury Reporting Agriculture-related Fatalities in Ontario 1990 – 2020 41 Rollover Sideways 45% 39 Rollover Unspecified 43% 11 Rollover Backwards 12%

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