Child Safety

A farm is a great environment to grow up on, but farmyards are dangerous. 10% of all fatalities on farms involve children ^*.

Children should not be allowed on the farm if they are not properly supervised. Children see tractors and farm machinery as toys but remember that the farm is not a playground. Almost 90% of deaths involving children are caused by tractors, farm vehicles and machinery^*. Do not introduce the habit of travelling in the tractor or farm vehicle to young children.

For more detailed information on keeping children safe on the farm, please watch the following video.

*Health & Safety Authority Report on the main causes of deaths in Agriculture and Forestry 2011-2020