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Agriculture, due to its decentralized nature and diverse structure, lags other industries in reducing the toll on its workers. Its fatality rate is eight times that of the all-industry average. In a typical year, 551 workers die while doing farm work, and about 88,000 suffer lost-time injuries. 

Farmer and his son in front of a sunset agricultural landscape. Man and a boy in a countryside field. The concept of fatherhood, country life, farming and country lifestyle.