The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, extrapolating from a review of 50,000 farm operations in 1998, estimates that there were 32,800 incidents in which teenagers and younger children suffered injuries that incapacitated them for at least four hours. Forty percent of the injuries were suffered by children 10 or younger. It's tough to draw the line when it comes to where children should or shouldn't be on a farm, Williams said. It's hard to do. Young kids want to be with their father.
Tractors can be very tempting.