Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Farm Safety Publications

Injury and Fatality Data

These annual reports are created from accounts of fatalities and injuries appearing in over 300 Iowa newspapers. These newspaper stories are collected, checked, and entered into a database. After the end of the year these accounts are then used to produce a final report. 

  • Iowa Fatalities for 2005 or Injuries for 2005 (Newest Material)
  • Iowa Fatalities for 2004 or Injuries for 2004
  • Iowa Fatalities for 2003 or Injuries for 2003
  • Iowa Fatalities for 2002 or Injuries for 2002
  • Iowa Fatalities for 2001 or Injuries for 2001
  • Iowa Fatalities for 2000 or Injuries for 2000
  • Iowa Fatalities for 1999 or Injuries for 1999 
  • Iowa Fatalities for 1998 or Injuries for 1998
  • Iowa Fatalities for 1997 or Injuries for 1997
  • Iowa Fatalities for 1996 or Injuries for 1996
  • Iowa Fatalities for 1995 or Injuries for 1995
  • Iowa Fatalities for 1994 or Injuries for 1994
  • Iowa Fatalities for 1993 or Injuries for 1993

Injury and Fatality Data by County

Iowa Farm Injury and Fatality Data by County

  • AE-3115 2003 Data [May 2004] 109K(Newest Material)
  • AE-3114 2002 Data [May 2004] 108K
  •  ---------- 2001 Data Note: data not available for this year
  • AE-3111 2000 Data [January 2002] 553K
  • AE-3108 1999 Data [September 2000] 237K
  • AE-3107 1998 Data [February 1999] 112K
  • AE-3103 1997 Data [January 1999] 256K
  • AE-3100 1996 Data [September 1997] 125K
  • AE-3096 1995 Data [October 1996] 116K
  • AE-3085 1994 Data [January 1996] 116K
  • AE-3084 1993 Data [May 1994] 116K
  • AE-3083 1992 Data [Reprinted June 1994] 116K
  • AE-3082 1991 Data [June 1994] 116K
  • AE-3081 1990 Data [Reprinted September 1994] 116K

Farm safety book for parents of young children....

Farm safety book for parents of young children
What Would You Do? Helping Young Children Understand Farm Hazards" (PM 1840) is an illustrated parent-child discussion guide designed to help families talk about the dangers of living on a farm. Information for ordering "What Would You Do? Pm 1840"  pdf file (56KB).
This spiral-bound book  has 24 real-life situations for parents and children to talk about possible farm dangers, set safe limits and discuss family rules. Each situation has a full-page illustration that tells a story. The situations highlight common farm dangers in six chapters: Animals and Livestock; Electricity, Chemicals and Other Farmstead Hazards; Emergencies; Grain, Lawnmowers, ATVs and Farm Machinery, and Tractors. Chapter overviews explain what makes these hazards particularly dangerous to children in the intended audience (4 to 8 years). Additional information is available for this resource.

Keep active farmers safe in later life materials....

Protecting older farmers is the goal of this new Iowa State University Extension fact sheet Pm 1841a. The release is for the local county extension office to promote this safety information.

  • Publication about older farmers "Pm 1841a" pdf file (253KB)

Activity report for agricultural safety programs conducted by USDA-CSREES ....

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health funded the publication "A Report on National Agricultural Safety Programs: an update of USDA-CSREES farm safety programs from 1992-1998" that provides summary data for all USDA-CSREES farm safety programs. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has been involved in agricultural safety since the 1940s by supporting a variety of educational programs about farm safety. This reports illustrates the target audiences and reportable metrics for this national program during the seven year period (1992 to 1998).

Other Items ....

Tug-of-War with GRAIN, a grain safety curriculum materials for classroom or safety presentation.

To find a printable version of the SAFE FARM fact sheet series and other ISU Extension safety publications, click here

Safe Farm: Enews

Safe Farm Enews was a monthly electronic newsletter with information and resources that may be helpful for farm safety educators. It is produced by Iowa State University Extension safety specialist Charles Schwab, ISU Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering. The Safe Farm: Enews Archives contains Enews issues from 1999 to 2004 when this service was discontinued.

This material was last updated on 12-07-2006