I have a peach tree in my back yard. Well, peach twig at the moment. Guess I'm supposed to ask the Mexicans in the neighborhood to pick the fruit in a few years, since they'll do it better than my kids? /sarcasm
>>>Guess I'm supposed to ask the Mexicans in the neighborhood to pick the fruit in a few years, since they'll do it better than my kids? /sarcasm
Exactly right. Please remove your Sarcasm tag.
This is Canada; but since we signed whatever those trade agreements were with the UN or WTO or whatever...this will be coming to our policies soon enough if they succeed in Canada.
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/story.html?id=4a719de8-a5d0-4224-a3aa-b5148600852b
Excerpt:
A fatal agricultural injury was defined as any unintentional injury resulting in death that occurred during activities related to the operation of a farm or ranch, or involved any hazard of that environment.
"Our findings suggest a need for the development of simple prevention strategies to effectively remove children from the vicinity of known occupational hazards," the study also said.
That could include "physical interventions" such as the construction of secure, dedicated play areas to separate children from the workplace and fences around known hazards.
Social strategies include the creation of child-free zones on farms and ranches, supported by enhanced access to day care in rural areas.
But day care often isn't very accessible for farm families, Brison said.
"Although we're hopeful that that can be a component to the solution, we recognize that's not an absolute solution."
A key first step remains awareness of the enhanced risk these very young children face, he said. It's also important to think of the farm as two distinct places -- the farm home and the farm work site, Brison said.
Patrick Kurtz, farm safety promotions administrator with the Saskatchewan Safety Council, said the greater risk of fatal injury faced by the youngest of children on farms, compared with other children the same age, is not a surprise.