According to the US National Safety Council, agriculture is the most hazardous industry in the United States. Each year, more than 2 million youth under the age of 20 are exposed to farm-related safety hazards. As a result, a significant number of young people are killed, injured or permanently disabled on farms in the United States.

OSHA has launched a new e-tool called Youth in Agriculture, which describes common agricultural hazards and offers potential safety solutions that both employers and young workers can utilize to prevent accidents and avoid injury on the job.

Main headings on this e-tool are: Tractors; Other Machinery; Struck-by; Falls; Electrocution; Confined Space; Chemicals; Worker/Picker; and Organic Dust.

It is available at www.osha.gov/SLTC/youth/agriculture/.