Each year in Canada, at least fifteen hundred people are hospitalized and an average of one-hundred and thirteen are killed due to farm-related accidents.

With that in mind, this week has been declared Canadian Agricultural Safety Week.

According to Farm Safety Coordinator Theresa Whalen-Ruiter, this year's theme, 'Manage More than just your Back', is two-fold as they want to have farmers take care of themselves.

Instead of leaning over to work on something on the ground, maybe having a little workstation so it's easier on the back.

According to Statistics Canada, approximately fifteen percent of agricultural injuries are back injuries.

Farm-related strain and sprain injuries are most frequently caused by overexertion followed by animal-related incidents, machine-related overexertion and falls.