A man who had a chicken farm in Maryland died this month when he touched a feed motor on his farm which is another example of how framing can be a dangerous profession.
Unfortunately Bill Brown did not know that a wire had come loose and he died from the shock. His death was a reminder to farmers that the job of farming is more dangerous than many realize as data on workplace injuries and deaths show farming is riskier than police or construction work, and only a few other professions, like logging and long-distance trucking, are more prone to fatal accidents.
There can be accidents due to tractors if farmers have no protective clothing or accidents due to the range of farmyard equipment which is not properly protected.
The government measure how fatal an occupation can be by the number of fatal injuries per 100,000 full-time workers an there were 270 fatal work injuries on U.S. farms in 2014, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics which means there were 26.7 fatal accidents per 100,000 farm workers.
Farm work is not the most dangerous job there is. That distinction goes to logging, whose workers were four times more likely than farmers to die from an on-the-job injury in 2014. Fishermen, airplane pilots, roofers and trash collectors also have a higher more risk.
But in terms of deaths per 100,000 workers, farming is more dangerous than driving a truck, repairing power lines, doing steel work in construction or being a police officer on patrol. And it’s far more dangerous than manufacturing or factory work, which only saw 2.2 deaths per 100,000 workers in 2014.
If you have been injured in a work related accident, you have a limited amount of time to take legal action. Please, call the Hagerstown accident attorneys of Dolina Hobbs, LLC, at (301) 739-1013 or contact us online to schedule your free consultation so we can start helping you recover compensation.
