Farm and tractor-related fatalities in children in South Australia
| dc.contributor.author | Byard, R. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gilbert, J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lipsett, J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | James, R. | |
| dc.date.issued | 1998 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Objective: To analyse the circumstances surrounding farm and tractor-related childhood fatalities in South Australia, to identify potentially dangerous situations and to delineate prevention strategies. Methods: A retrospective search of files was conducted at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital Department of Histopathology from 1981 to 1996, and the State Coroner’s Office from 1988 to 1996. Results: Fifteen fatalities were identified comprising 11 boys and four girls (age range, 2 years 11 months to 13 years; average, 6 years). Activities prior to death included riding on a tractor/trailer (n=8); playing near a field grain storage bin (n=2); playing near machinery (n=2); sleeping in a car near a burn off (n=1); walking around a dam (n=1) and riding as a passenger on a motorbike (n=1). Causes of death included multiple skull fractures and cerebral damage (n=11), asphyxia (n=2), drowning (n=1) and incineration (n=1). Conclusions: The most dangerous activity involved children riding unrestrained on tractors; falls resulted in extensive injuries from tractor rear wheels or towed machinery. Allowing children on farms to ride on tractors or machinery only if there is a safe seat with a restraining harness would substantially reduce the number of fatal farm-related childhood injuries in South Australia. | |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | Rw Byard, J Gilbert, J Lipsett and R James | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 1998; 34(2):139-141 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1046/j.1440-1754.1998.00177.x | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1034-4810 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1440-1754 | |
| dc.identifier.orcid | Byard, R. [0000-0002-0524-5942] | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2440/48322 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Wiley | |
| dc.rights | © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | |
| dc.source.uri | https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1754.1998.00177.x | |
| dc.subject | childhood fatalities | |
| dc.subject | farm-related accidents | |
| dc.subject | tractor accidents | |
| dc.title | Farm and tractor-related fatalities in children in South Australia | |
| dc.type | Journal article | |
| pubs.publication-status | Published |