new YORK (Reuters Health) – more than 26,000 children and

teenagers are injured each year in farms of States

United, which equates to a cost of 1.4 billion health of

dollars, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

Less than a third of the accidents were labour; 84

were fatal. The estimate, the first on the amount of

injuries children’s fatal and non-fatal associated with life

of American farm, was carried out with the results of the

surveys 2001-2006 of paediatric injuries in the field.

Fatal injuries accounted for about 420 million of

dollars, including lost wages and the value of pain and

suffering.

“The cost of Pediatric injuries in the field is huge

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and compared to the costs of the risks, as the

unintentional child poisoning or work-related injuries

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with needles”, reported the team of Eduard Zaloshnja, of the

Pacific Institute for research and evaluation in

Beltsville, Maryland.

In 2001, 1.1 million children and adolescents States

United lived on farms. 14 Percent of injuries

needed hospitalization, compared with 1.4 per cent of the

Pediatric injuries in the country.

“Injuries at work in the field tend to be more

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serious injuries in other populations than”, said Dennis J..

Murphy, expert on agricultural work safety of

Pennsylvania State University, University Park, and not

participated in the study.

“Are common due to the equipment that is used and

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can easily cause tears”, pointed out.

The study shows that the fatal injuries occurred

mainly by the use of machinery, fire and explosions.

Falls and transport were the most common causes of

non-fatal injuries.

“Farms, children are exposed to many

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dangers, but also to many good things. “They learn the

culture of work and responsibility”, said Murphy.

Felt that parents should pay more attention to the

safety of their children on farms and not let them handle

teams or tasks for which they are not prepared.

“The majority of parents almost always sobreestiman the

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skills of their children in the tasks. “Children should not

hurry up in wanting to do work of adults, and operate a

tractor or other equipment”, he added.

The estimates were at $ 2005, excluding the

costs of the work of the police or firefighters, or damage to the

property or psychological assistance after a crash.

Source: Pediatrics, online March 12, 2012.