ASAE/ASABE S575.2

Scope and Purpose:

1.1 The purpose of this Standard is to facilitate consistent and accurate classification of farm/ranch and agriculturally related fatalities and injuries as either occupational or non-occupational from a production agriculture perspective. (See Annex A, Commentary.)

1.2 This standard is applicable to all farm/ranch- and agriculturally-related injuries involving any of a wide range of hazards, for example, machinery, vehicles, animals, plants, structures, equipment, tools, dusts, chemicals, weather/environment, and products associated with production agriculture.