A farm safety expert says fewer children have been injured on farms in the last 25 years, but more prevention and education is still needed.
Barb Lee founded the National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety in 1997. She tells Brownfield the rate of non-fatal serious injuries has declined by about 60% over the past 25 years, but the number of child deaths on the farm has remained constant.
Lee says tractors remain the most common cause of injuries and death for children on the farm, but other machines are just as dangerous.
