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| | The first major step of the Farm Safety Program was the formation of the Farm Accident Monitoring System (FAMS). The purpose of FAMS, which is still in operation, is to collect data on farm accidents from selected hospitals to provide pertinent information on the nature of farm accidents in Alberta.
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Initially, fifteen hospitals were selected for survey on the basis of the type and density of farming operations in their surrounding area. An effort was also made to choose hospitals in such a matter that all types of agricultural operations were represented in the collected data.
The Farm Safety Program encourages all rural hospitals to participate, as an increase in the number of monitoring hospitals would be beneficial in obtaining a more accurate picture of the amount and type of farm accidents that occur in Alberta every year.
For more information contact:
Laurel Aitken, Farm Safety Program Coordinator
Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development
J.G. O'Donoghue Building
7000 - 114 Street
Edmonton AB T6H 5T6
Phone: 780-427-4231 |
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For more information about the content of this document, contact Kenda Lubeck.
This information published to the web on June 12, 2003.
Last Reviewed/Revised on June 1, 2006.
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