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APPENDIX A: DECISION RULES
Off-road vehicles
Fatalities involving off-road vehicles such as
ATVs, dirt bikes, and dune buggies were
included in the fatality database if they occurred
on a farm or ranch and / or involved agriculture-
related work.
Children at play
Fatalities of children who were playing in the
agricultural workplace were included. For
example, cases in which a person engaged in
agriculture-related work was unable to supervise
a child whom they had taken to the agricultural
work place; cases where a child was killed as a
direct result of someone engaged in an
agriculture-related work activity; cases where a
child was killed due to a hazard of the farm or
ranch environment such as a riding horses,
tending to farm animals, drowning in dugouts /
sloughs or manure pit, etc.
INCLUSION OF FATALITIES AND INJURIES IN THE CAIR FATALITY DATABASE
Alcohol involvement
Fatal injuries where the victim was under the
influence of alcohol were included in the
database if they involved agriculture-related
work or an agriculture-related hazard.
Fatalities on highways
Fatal injuries on public highways that involved
agricultural vehicles, agricultural machinery or
farm animals were included in the database.
Medical conditions
Fatalities attributed to pre-existing medical
conditions (e.g., previous seizure or heart attack)
were excluded from the fatality database.
Fatalities where an agriculture-related injury
(such as a fall from a machine) was immediately
preceded by a significant medical event such as
a stroke, seizure or heart attack, were also
excluded. Fatalities from a heart attack where
the victim was engaged in strenuous agriculture-
related work at the time of or immediately
before the heart attack are included in the
fatality database as "overexertion".
Secondary complications
Fatalities that occurred in hospital from
secondary complications of agriculture-related
injuries (e.g., embolism, respiratory distress) were
included in the fatality database. Note: New
Brunswick does not identify these cases as farm-
related if the fatality occurred more than two
weeks after the agriculture-related injury.
Canadian Agriculture Injury Reporting
Agriculture-related Fatalities in Ontario
1990 – 2020
