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Deaths Among Children Aged Less Than or Equal to 5 Years from Farm Machinery Runovers -- Iowa, Kentucky, and Wisconsin, 1995-1998, and United States, 1990-1995

Pollack SH, Struttmann TW, Zweiling C, Ravtiainen C, Lundell J, Johnson W, Etre L, Hanrahan LP, Tierney J.

Children who reside on family farms are exposed to unique hazards. Young children may be present where work is being done and may wander into areas where machines are operating or may be passengers on these machines. This report describes four fatal incidents in Iowa, Kentucky, and Wisconsin in which young children were run over by farm machinery, summarizes national mortality data to characterize this problem, and provides recommendations for expanded prevention efforts.

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Comments to Mark Schneider, Last Modified: September 10, 2001
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