Summary of Farm Fatalities By Primary Source Category
Percentage is rounded.
Primary Source Category
Number
Percentage
Agricultural and Garden Machinery
5
18.5%
Animal and human powered vehicles
1
3.7%
Environment and environmental conditions
1
3.7%
Highway vehicle, motorized
4
14.8%
Material and Personnel handing machinery
1
3.7%
Off-road and industrial vehicles - powered
12
44.4%
Plants, trees, vegetation not processed
1
3.7%
Structures and surfaces
2
7.4%
Total
27
100%
Farm Fatalities Incident Summary
The Primary Source1 of injury or illness identifies the object, bodily motion, or exposure which directly produced or inflicted the previously identified injury or illness.
The Secondary Source2 of injury or illness identifies the object, substance, or person that generated the source of injury or illness or that contributed to the event or exposure.
Agricultural and Garden Machinery
Primary Source
Description of Incident
Brush hog
Brush hog fell on victim during repairs
Brush hog
Victim fell from tractor; run over by brush hog
Brush hog
Victim fell from tractor; run over by brush hog
Brush hog
Victim fell from tractor; run over by brush hog
Powered industrial carrier (Poultry feed cart)
Poultry feed card overturned on Child
Animals and human powered vehicles
Primary Source
Description of Incident
Wagon
Child crushed between two horse drawn wagons
Environment and environmental conditions
Primary Source
Description of Incident
Fire, fumes, smoke
Victom spilled gasoline while burning brush (died 2 weeks later)
Highway vehicle, motorized
Primary Source
Secondary Source
Description of Incident
Automobile
Tractor
Car driver struck vintage age tractor and was killed
Automobile
Stand-on mower
Car driver struck victim who was operating stand-on mower on roadway
Pick-up truck
tractor and manure spreader
Pick-up driver read-ended unlighted, unmarked tractor and manure spreader
Trucks, motorized freight hauling
Victim run over by grain hauling truck in field
Material and personnel handling machinery
Primary Source
Description of Incident
Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts
Victim fell from collapsing aerial lift hitting head on steel beam
Off-road and industrial vehicles - powered
Primary Source
Description of Incident
Tractors, ptos
Child passenger fell from tractor beneath wheel
Tractors, ptos
Rear overturn of tractor while trying to pull tree with chain
Tractors, ptos
Tractor rollover on Christmas tree farm
Tractors, ptos
Tractor rollover during field work
Tractors, ptos
Tractor rollover near ditch
Tractors, ptos
Tractor rollover while mowing reservoir bank (foldable ROPS not in place)
Tractors, ptos
Tractor rollover while packing a trench silo
Tractors, ptos
Tractor backed over steep bank; rolled onto victim
Tree fell on victim while clearing timber with tractor
Structures and surfaces
Primary Source
Description of Incident
Silo
Worker fell from broken scaffolding during silo construction
Silo
Victim fell inside silo during repairs
Farm Fatalities based on Age of victim
Age of Victim
Number of Fatalities
0-4
2
5-9
3
10-14
0
15-19
0
20-24
0
25-29
1
30-34
1
35-39
0
40-44
0
45-49
1
50-54
2
55-59
5
60-64
5
65-69
1
70-74
0
75-79
3
80-84
1
85-89
2
90-94
0
95-99
0
Unknown
0
Farm Fatalities based on Month of the year
Month of Fatality
Number of Fatalities
January
1
February
3
March
0
April
2
May
1
June
2
July
1
August
4
September
4
October
7
November
2
December
0
Farm Fatalities based on Day of the week
Day of the Week
Number of Fatalities
Sunday
0
Monday
2
Tuesday
6
Wednesday
11
Thursday
1
Friday
3
Saturday
4
Fatalities by Farm and Agricultural Injury Code
The Farm and Agricultural Injury Classification (FAIC) Code is a classification scheme used in some states. The code provides a mechanism to separate out incidents not directly related to the work of production agriculture. The FAIC was introduced in Pennsylvania in 1992 and revised in 2000; therefore 2015 totals can only be compared with 2001-2014 totals. Fatality reports since 2000 have been used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS) to characterize primary and secondary sources of injury. BLS revised the structure of categories in 2012. Most changes are subtle, but use caution when comparing the 2015 report to previous reports.
