Millard County Chronicle | 1948-07-22 | Page 9 | High Death Rate on Farms

High Death Rate on Farms Farm workers had an accidental death rate twice as high as workers work-ers in non-agricultural industries in 1947. The 1947 death rate was 52 per 100,000 workers, while in non-agricultural non-agricultural industries the death rate was 28. Total farm resident deaths were 19,500, about the same as last year. Injuries totaled about 1,800,000. Farm home deaths totaled total-ed 7,000, with approximately 1,-050,000 1,-050,000 non-fatal injuries. Motor vehicles killed 7,300 farm residents in 1947 and Injure 250,000 more.