One-third of children injured on farms suffer a 'blow' and 25% injured following vehicle incident

A third of children injured on a farm suffered a 'blow', a quarter were hurt following a vehicle incident and 19 percent after a low fall.

The research from the National Office of Clinical Audit forms part of Farm Safety Week, which kicks off today.

There were 430 trauma-related injuries on farms between 2014 and 2016.

The median age of those hurt was 54, but ranged from under one years old to 93.