The purpose of this descriptive study is to report features of farm injury, accidents and fatalities recorded by the Farm
Accident Monitoring System in Alberta. Data for the period 1976Ð1989 and for the year of the 1995 are reported. A better
understanding of the magnitude and characteristics of agriculture-related accidents is essential to design e¤ective
strategies to control these accidents.
Relevance to industry
In areas with agricultural economy injuries to farmers may result in signiÞcant productivity loss. Injury prevention will
minimize this loss. ( 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.