OBJECTIVE: Examine the current magnitude of the injury problem to children and adolescents on farms, and to compare these data to that from 1978-83. DATA SOURCES: US National Center for Health ...Statistics Mortality Multiple Cause of Death Tapes for the years 1991-3, and the US Consumer Product Safety Commission National Electronic Injury Surveillance System for data on emergency department visits for 1990-3. SUBJECTS: Children and adolescents 19 years and younger injured on farms. RESULTS: There were an average of 104 deaths per year due to injuries occurring on farms. The rate of 8.0 deaths per 100,000 child farm residents is 39% lower than in 1979-81. More of the deaths occurred in hospital than previously. There were an average of 22,288 emergency department treated injuries per year. The rate of 1717 injuries per 100,000 child farm residents is 10.7% higher than 1979-83. Males were injured more frequently than females. Tractors accounted for 20.9% of all injuries, followed by horses (8.4%), all terrain vehicles and minibikes (8.0%), and farm wagons (7.7%). CONCLUSIONS: Farm injuries continue to be a major problem to children living on farms. While improved medical care may have contributed to the reduction in mortality, the continued high rate of injuries warrants study of a variety of intervention strategies to reduce the injury toll. There is also a need for ongoing injury surveillance to provide accurate data on the farm injury problem.
Context:Crash fatality and injury rates are higher on rural roadways than other roadway types. Although slow-moving farm vehicles and equipment are risk factors on rural roads, little is known about ...the characteristics of crashes with farm vehicles/equipment.Purpose:To describe crashes and injuries for the drivers of farm vehicles/equipment and non-farm vehicles involved in an injury crash. Passengers are not included in this analysis.Methods:Injury crashes were included that involved a farm vehicle/equipment and at least one non-farm vehicle reported in Iowa Department of Transportation crash data from 1995 to 2004. Odds ratios were calculated through logistic regression to identify increased odds for injury among drivers of non-farm vehicles and farm vehicles/equipment. We examined frequently occurring crash characteristics to identify crash scenarios leading to the highest odds for injury.Findings:Non-farm vehicle drivers were 5.23 times more likely to be injured than farm vehicle/equipment drivers (95% CI = 4.12-6.46). The absence of restraint use was a significant predictor of injury for both farm vehicle/equipment drivers (OR = 2.85; 95% CI = 1.14-7.13) and non-farm vehicle drivers (OR = 2.53; 95% CI = 1.54-4.15). Crash characteristics increasing the odds of injury for non-farm vehicle drivers included speeding, passing the farm vehicle/equipment, driving on a county road, having a frontal impact collision, and crashing in darkness. Ejection was the strongest predictor of injury for the farm vehicle/equipment driver.Conclusion:Non-farm vehicle drivers were much more likely to be injured than farm vehicle/equipment drivers, suggesting that farm vehicle/equipment crash prevention should be a priority for all rural road users. Prevention strategies that reduce motor vehicle speed, assist in safe passing, increase seat belt use, and increase conspicuousness of the farm vehicle/equipment are suggested.
The company completed its first harvest year in 2020, with the systems deployed in a wide range of combines at work in Russia including John Deere, New Holland, Claas and Rostselmash (owned by the ...same company that owns Versatile). The yellow device is a high-definition camera contained in an armored case and is the eyes of the Cognitive Pilot Agro Pilot system. Pricing for the U.S. market will be about $10,000, which includes the setup, but of course requires no add-on costs for RTK subscription services.
Add in that for shortline equipment makers, the “blame” for failure often falls to the implement, and you can see how these relationships are important. Updates like wireless data transfer are in ...development. World-class manufacturing On an earlier tour Farm Progress took of the Kinze facility a couple years ago, the visit found something you might not expect from a smaller manufacturer — familiar world-class techniques for managing quality, inventory and product development.
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