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October 2005

Fatal occupational injuries to older workers in farming, 1995-2002

Samuel Meyer

Agricultural workers aged 55 years and older are at a higher risk of fatal occupational injury than their younger counterparts; leading causes of fatalities are transportation incidents, contact with objects or equipment, and assaults, including assaults by animals.

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