Non-tractor, Agricultural Machinery Injuries in Ontario

Non-tractor, agricultural machinery injuries in Ontario.

Fatal and hospitalized agricultural machinery injuries to children in Ontario, Canada.

OBJECTIVES To assess rates and patterns of agricultural machinery injuries in farm children in order to both determine priorities and develop strategies for injury control in this population. METHODS Coroners' files and hospital discharge data were examined for Ontario farm children aged 0-19 who had agricultural machinery injuries over a five year period ending 31 March 1990. Injury rates we...

Major injuries due to agricultural machinery.

Agricultural accidents are a frequent cause of severe injury. Sixty-four patients with such injuries were seen from October 1981 through September 1984. The patients ranged in age from 2 to 73 years. The highest incidence of injury occurred during spring planting (May through June) and fall harvesting (September through October). The tractor and grain auger were the most common injuring agents....

Oils Degradation in Agricultural Machinery

KUMBÁR VOJTĚCH, DOSTÁL PETR: Oils degradation in agricultural machinery. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2013, LXI, No. 5, pp. 1297–1303 Evaluating of oils condition in agricultural machinery is very important. With monitoring and evaluating we can prevent technical and economic losses. In this paper there were monitored the liquid lubricants taken from m...

Trends in non-fatal agricultural injuries requiring trauma care

BACKGROUND Efforts to control agricultural injuries have been underway for years. Yet, very little is known about their trends over time. We examined trends in non-fatal agricultural injuries through analyzing injuries reported in a state trauma registry. METHODS Using Iowa Trauma Registry data collected by the Iowa Department of Public Health, we examined trends in non-fatal agricultural inj...