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Study reveals agriculture-related injuries more numerous than previously known
The research revealed that nearly a third of ag-related injuries involve youths. Small farms are family-oriented businesses, and often they have all their family members helping out. The children who are helping out or visiting the farm are exposed to hazards that they may not understand or know how to react to.
Image: Linda Fetzer/Penn State
Study reveals agriculture-related injuries more numerous than previously known
Jeff Mulhollem
June 22, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. A new study by Penn State researchers, who looked at emergency room admissions across the U.S. over a recent five-year period in a novel way, suggests that the agriculture industry is even more dangerous than previously believed.
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Credit: Linda Fetzer, Penn State
A new study by Penn State researchers, who looked at emergency room admissions across the U.S. over a recent five-year period in a novel way, suggests that the agriculture industry is even more dangerous than previously believed.
The research revealed that from Jan. 1, 2015, to Dec. 31, 2019, more than 60,000 people were treated in emergency departments for nonfatal, agricultural-related injuries. Significantly, nearly a third of those injured were youths, according to study author Judd Michael, Nationwide Insurance Professor of Agricultural Safety and Health and professor of agricultural and biological engineering, College of Agricultural Sciences.
Surprising number of injuries from used pallets, researchers note
Updated Dec 16, 2020;
Posted Dec 16, 2020
Injuries arising from secondary uses of pallets in store displays and home DIY projects are revealed in a new Penn State study. (W. Carter photo)
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Used shipping pallets – the raw material for a million home DIY projects, kindling for countless fire in home fireplaces and the bases for in-store displays everywhere – sent more than 30,000 people to emergency rooms over a recent 5-year period.
About 400 million new wooden pallets are produced annually in the U.S., with about 2 billion in use in the shipping chain at any given time.