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Show National Farm Safety Week Making Effort to Reduce Heavy Loss Burden , . S. Goss, master of the National Grange. "President Truman's suggestion that farm people make a safety check in their homes and on their farms, if followed, will be the greatest great-est single step that can be taken toward reducing accidents on the farm," Maynard H. Coe, director of the farm division of the National Safety council, said. He pointed out that the council's farm accident records, taken from states that keep a file of statistics on farm mishaps, clearly indicate the types of accidents which should be attacked first in any personal check-up. 17,000 Deaths Can Be Eliminated in Agricultural Areas Farmer! and their wives and children, as a rule, are too busy producing food for wartime Ameri-:a Ameri-:a to have any time to go hunting tor danger and death. Nevertheless, government safety officials declare, back home on the farm is far from being the safest place in the world to live. Trouble is, safety engineers point jut, that accidents don't wait for seople to go looking for them. They lust happen. Anil they happen mostly most-ly to people like farmers who ire too busy doing an Important job ;o think about how to avoid acci-lents. acci-lents. Calling attention to America's con-ilnuing con-ilnuing need for the skill and labor )( her farmers, President Truman aid: "I urge farm people everywhere o observe National Farm Safety week by making a safety check In heir homes and on their farms . . . request all persons and organiza-ions organiza-ions concerned with agriculture md farm life to do everything in heir power to educate farm people n the proper precautions by which hey may eliminate farm hazards." President Truman has proclaimed July 22 to 28 as National Farm Safety week. Burns usually rank second In Im-)ortance Im-)ortance on the farm home accident dst. Causes Include careless smok-rig, smok-rig, the use of kerosene In start- j Jig kitchen flres, placing pans of ruling liquid too close to the edge j f a kitchen stove, as well as many i )ther Instances of haste or carelessness, care-lessness, or both. Record! show that If parents rake sure at all times that firearms Falls Most Common. The records show, for example, that falls occur in the farm home far more frequently than any other type of accident. Such things as cluttered clut-tered stairways, unsound ladders, badly lighted hallways all of which can be corrected by good housekeeping are major hazards. Away from the farm, traffic accidents acci-dents are the most serious menace men-ace for farm people. It Is expected that a serious problem will arise on the highway when traffic again hits the peak of prewar years and J lj lis Farm Front Casualties ' The following figures are based on statistics from Pearl Harbor i to January 1, 1945. During the same period, total war casualties of U. S. forces, both army and navy, amounted to 764,852. These 1 figures are for farm residents i only. Killed 53.000 I Injured 5,000,000 ' Killed on Job 13,500 Killed in traffic 14.500 1 Killed in homes 22,000 I Injured at work 700,000 Injured in traffic 500,000 I Injured in homes 3,300,000 ind poisons are out of reach of their children, accidents to children in the farm home will be considerably reduced. Among leading causes of work ac- eidents on the farm is the improper jse of farm machinery. Knives, belts, pulleys, gears and the like re necessarily a part of farm machinery. ma-chinery. The greatest caution should ilways be exercised in order to opiate op-iate them without accident to the person. Improper handling of animals :auses many farm work accidents. While bulls are the cause of many terious Injuries, the greatest num-jer num-jer of accidents due to careless care-less handling of animals is caused by horses, records show. Pledge of Cooperation. Falls are also high on the list of farm work accidents. Better housekeeping house-keeping methods in the farmyard, farm-yard, the barn and other farm buildings can materially reduce the number of accidents attributable to falls. Among farm leaders who have pledged their cooperation in the work of National Farm Safety week are Edward S. O'Neal, president of the American Farm bureau federation; federa-tion; James G. Patton, president of the National Farmers Union, and A. I'pper photo shows risk of operating operat-ing a saw without a guard. Second photo shows one cause of a $90,000,-000 $90,000,-000 annual farm fire loss smoking In farm buildings. Third photo shows that rickety and cluttered stairways add to the annual killed and injured list. Lower photo: loaded or unloaded, neither are safe within reach of a child. Many are killed by "unloaded" guns annually. greater driving skill and care than ever before will be needed. There are many other types of accidents ac-cidents which contribute to the annual an-nual toll on the farm, Mr. Coe said, but the examples given point the way for both individuals and organizations organ-izations to make best use of a farm safety check-up during the week. Mr. Coe concluded his remarks rf If4 ; This farmer should know that his place is in the driver s seat. Instead In-stead he risks a lifetime of happiness to save a few seconds by disobeying 1 a cardinal safety rule of adjusting machinery only when at a full stop, and then from the ground. |
