Editing Agriculture (section)

=== Safety ===
{{Main|Agricultural safety and health}}

[[File:Ford Tractor with ROPS bar fitted.JPG|thumb|[[Rollover protection system|Rollover protection bar]] [[retrofit]]ted to a mid-20th century [[Fordson tractor]]]]

Agriculture, specifically farming, remains a hazardous industry, and farmers worldwide remain at high risk of work-related injuries, lung disease, [[noise-induced hearing loss]], skin diseases, as well as certain cancers related to chemical use and prolonged sun exposure. On [[industrial agriculture|industrialized farms]], injuries frequently involve the use of [[agricultural machinery]], and a common cause of fatal agricultural injuries in developed countries is [[Rollover protection structure|tractor rollovers]].<ref name="aginjury">{{cite web |url=https://wwwa.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/aginjury/ |title=NIOSH Workplace Safety & Health Topic: Agricultural Injuries |publisher=[[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] |access-date=16 April 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071028181205/http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/aginjury/ |archive-date=28 October 2007}}</ref> Pesticides and other chemicals used in farming can be [[Health effects of pesticides|hazardous to worker health]], and workers exposed to pesticides may experience illness or have children with birth defects.<ref name=NIOSH_pest>{{Cite web <!-- Citation bot changes to journal -->|url=https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2012-108/ |title=NIOSH Pesticide Poisoning Monitoring Program Protects Farmworkers |publisher=[[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] |access-date=15 April 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402004253/http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2012%2D108/ |archive-date=2 April 2013|doi=10.26616/NIOSHPUB2012108 |year=2011 |doi-access=free}}</ref> As an industry in which families commonly share in work and live on the farm itself, entire families can be at risk for injuries, illness, and death.<ref name="NIOSH Agri">{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/agriculture/ |title=NIOSH Workplace Safety & Health Topic: Agriculture |publisher=[[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] |access-date=16 April 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009224012/http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/agriculture/ |archive-date=9 October 2007}}</ref> Ages 0–6 may be an especially vulnerable population in agriculture;<ref name=WeicheltGorucu2018>{{Cite journal |last1=Weichelt |first1=Bryan |last2=Gorucu |first2=Serap |date=17 February 2018 |title=Supplemental surveillance: a review of 2015 and 2016 agricultural injury data from news reports on AgInjuryNews.org |url=http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/early/2018/02/16/injuryprev-2017-042671 |journal=Injury Prevention |volume=25 |issue=3 |pages=injuryprev–2017–042671 |doi=10.1136/injuryprev-2017-042671 |pmid=29386372 |s2cid=3371442 |access-date=18 April 2018 |archive-date=27 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427133711/http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/early/2018/02/16/injuryprev-2017-042671 |url-status=live}}</ref> common causes of fatal injuries among young farm workers include drowning, machinery and motor accidents, including with all-terrain vehicles.<ref name="NIOSH Agri" /><ref name=WeicheltGorucu2018 /><ref>{{Cite journal |author=The PLOS ONE staff |date=6 September 2018 |title=Correction: Towards a deeper understanding of parenting on farms: A qualitative study |journal=[[PLOS ONE]] |volume=13 |issue=9 |page=e0203842 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0203842 |issn=1932-6203 |pmc=6126865 |pmid=30188948 |bibcode=2018PLoSO..1303842. |doi-access=free}}</ref>

The [[International Labour Organization|International Labor Organization]] considers agriculture "one of the most hazardous of all economic sectors".<ref name=ILO>{{cite web |url=http://www.ilo.org/safework/info/standards-and-instruments/codes/WCMS_161135/lang--en/index.htm |title=Safety and health in agriculture |publisher=[[International Labour Organization]] |access-date=1 April 2018 |date=21 March 2011 |archive-date=18 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318105845/http://www.ilo.org/safework/info/standards-and-instruments/codes/WCMS_161135/lang--en/index.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> It estimates that the annual work-related death toll among agricultural employees is at least 170,000, twice the average rate of other jobs. In addition, incidences of death, injury and illness related to agricultural activities often go unreported.<ref name=ILO2>{{cite web |url=http://www.ilo.org/safework/areasofwork/hazardous-work/WCMS_356550/lang--en/index.htm |title=Agriculture: A hazardous work |publisher=[[International Labour Organization]] |access-date=1 April 2018 |date=15 June 2009 |archive-date=3 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303041758/http://www.ilo.org/safework/areasofwork/hazardous-work/WCMS_356550/lang--en/index.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> The organization has developed the [[Safety and Health in Agriculture Convention, 2001]], which covers the range of risks in the agriculture occupation, the prevention of these risks and the role that individuals and organizations engaged in agriculture should play.<ref name=ILO />

In the United States,<!--need to avoid regionalism here--> agriculture has been identified by the [[National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health]] as a priority industry sector in the [[National Occupational Research Agenda]] to identify and provide intervention strategies for occupational health and safety issues.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nora/councils/agff/default.html |title=CDC – NIOSH – NORA Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Sector Council |date=21 March 2018 |publisher=[[NIOSH]] |access-date=7 April 2018 |archive-date=18 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190618084010/https://www.cdc.gov/nora/councils/agff/default.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/programs/agff/ |title=CDC – NIOSH Program Portfolio : Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing : Program Description |date=28 February 2018 |publisher=[[NIOSH]] |access-date=7 April 2018 |archive-date=8 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408073850/https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/programs/agff/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
In the European Union, the [[European Agency for Safety and Health at Work]] has issued guidelines on implementing health and safety directives in agriculture, livestock farming, horticulture, and forestry.<ref>{{cite web |title=Protecting health and safety of workers in agriculture, livestock farming, horticulture and forestry |url=https://osha.europa.eu/en/tools-and-publications/publications/protecting-health-and-safety-workers-agriculture-livestock/view |publisher=[[European Agency for Safety and Health at Work]] |access-date=10 April 2018 |date=17 August 2017 |archive-date=29 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929143326/https://osha.europa.eu/en/tools-and-publications/publications/protecting-health-and-safety-workers-agriculture-livestock/view |url-status=live}}</ref> The Agricultural Safety and Health Council of America (ASHCA) also holds a yearly summit to discuss safety.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Heiberger |first=Scott |date=3 July 2018 |title=The future of agricultural safety and health: North American Agricultural Safety Summit, February 2018, Scottsdale, Arizona |journal=[[Journal of Agromedicine]] |volume=23 |issue=3 |pages=302–304 |doi=10.1080/1059924X.2018.1485089 |issn=1059-924X |pmid=30047853 |s2cid=51721534}}</ref>