Next week, Sept. 17-23, is National Farm Safety Week. This is good because there are lots of ways to get hurt on a farm. Tractor rollovers, grain suffocation, deadly fumes, goring, electrocution and heatstroke are just a few.
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Next week, Sept. 17-23, is National Farm Safety Week. This is good because there are lots of ways to get hurt on a farm. Tractor rollovers, grain suffocation, deadly fumes, goring, electrocution and heatstroke are just a few.
Sometimes, these things are preventable. Maybe you’re still using that piece of machinery that should have been junked out years ago. Maybe the safety features have quit working or been disconnected because they were such a pain. Or maybe something is not labeled right, or the label has faded too much to read. These are all preventable problems, but they are also to be found on nearly every farm in the nation.
Of course, there are a few places that are run by people who do replace equipment when it needs it. They make sure all the safety features work and that the workers use them. They make sure labels are clear and people know what they are doing. Usually, these people don’t have many friends. They are called “uptight” and “by the book” or “rich” – until something happens – and then they are
called “smart”.