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APPENDIX B: GLOSSARY
Activity prior to entanglement
Maintenance / repairs / cleaning of equipment
Objects involved with injuries as a result
of being pinned or struck by a machine or
non-machine
— bale (large round)
— bale other
— tree, branch, log
— collapsing building or structure
— other heavy non-machine object example:
gate or door
— heavy machine (not under power)
— truck box
— bucket
— front end loader arms
— other heavy machine component
— knife or blade
— baling or barbed wire
— tool or part of tool (includes power tools)
— hook, tow rope or chain
— hitch or tongue
— jacks or hydraulic lifts
— other non-machine object
— unknown
— other machine-related object
Bystander runover
A bystander is runover, pinned or struck by a
manned machine, or by a machine or implement
towed by it; includes being runover while
attempting to board or alight from a moving
manned machine.
Alighted operator runover (subcategory of
unmanned runover)
An operator is runover, pinned or struck by an
unmanned machine under power or rolling on an
incline, or by a machine or implement towed by
it. Includes being runover while attempting to
board a moving unmanned machine. Does not
include cases where the decedent had been
improperly starting the machine.
Activity prior to rollover
Included transportation of goods / livestock
— towing
— field work
— forestry
— working in the farm yard
— recreation, moving
— road maintenance
— extra rider
— unknown
Cause of rollover
— travelling too close to the edge
— travelling on an incline, cornering
— falling from a ramp
— carrying a heavy load in a bucket
— dragging logs / implements
— pulling stumps / trees
— towing
— collision with an object
— rough terrain
— tractor arms / bucket caught on ground
— pulling heavy machine / trailer
— unknown
Canadian Agriculture Injury Reporting
Agriculture-related Fatalities in Ontario
1990 – 2020
