This is National Farm Safety Week in Canada.
According to a Canadian Agricultural Injury Reporting study, 272 Canadians under the age of 14 died in agricultural-related fatalities between 1992 and 2012.
About 45 per cent of them were four years of age or younger.
The most common causes of death among children on farms are machine runovers, drownings, machine rollovers, animal-related injuries and being crushed by or under an object.
The Canada Safety Council is encouraging farm families to take a number of steps to help ensure the safety of their children.
That includes not only identifying on-farm hazards for your children, but also explaining why they're dangerous.
Training older children so they understand the proper operation of machinery they're being asked to use is another step farmers are encouraged to take.
To prevent drownings, farm families are being told to fence farm ponds, manure pits and any other source of water that could pose a drowning risk.
Farming is considered one of the most dangerous industries in the country.
