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Poisoning and anc ancGunshot ancGunshot Gunshot Wounds Lead LeadList LeadList LIst of CasualtiesNcd Casualties CasualtiesNeed Need NeC'd NeCd Ncd ' for increased food produc productll productl tll tl ( ( n fl in 11 1044 44 > demand demands * the greatest greates greatestefficiency greatesefficiency greatesefficiency efficiency from America s farms farma farmssa farmasass farmss administrationSafety administrationSafety administration administrationSafely sa sass } is s the War Food Safely Safety measures since they aid aidpeak ak akpoak alpeak ( peak poak i J roduclion roductlOn roductwn become not onlysund only a aBund I Bund sund " ) - > und n II o vestment vcstmt'nt vcstmtnt ' for ( or the farmar farmer but buta bu bua bua a war r ( rogr roitr m he cannot fail to car carry carry carry ry out ont tn in the national Interest . When Wher Whenaeclde Wheraccide Whciaccicic aeclde accide ts halt h1t work cut down the thefarm th thjTnrm ( ( farm force or destroy food and andequ an aneqti anequ ( equ eqti pment they icrio 'I'rlo Irlo serb ' ( ' isly In pcde pede the thc thefilling thcfilling th thfilling < filling of urgent national food and and.fiber andber ancfiber .fiber fiber . ber needs needsReports need needs needsReports * Report Reports * show how that approximatel approximately approximatelyy8 } 18500 y8 ! 500 forrmrs farmlTs farmtrs arc are killed in Bcd acci Bcddents accidents accidents dents each year with a million ahd ahda ahda ahtia a half halt suffering sutTerlng injuries and some soms om < 70000 70 000 of thpte these being perm'lnently permlnently permnently perm'lnentlyd permnentlydisabled perminentldisabled ' $ d labled disabled Farm fires alone annual annually annually annually ly cause about S 3 ' } TOO OO deaths deathsEnormoua deathsEaormou deathsEB Enormoua Eaormou rnru 'FIre FIre ' ' Flr TollProperty TollProperty Tail Toll TailProperty Property loss from flre tIre Is I * esUmnted estimated estlmat esUmnt estimat estlmatd ed d to averaec average 100 million dollars dollars'Th dollarsThl 'Th Th ' rhlj " Include Includes * the destruction of ot valu valuable valuable valuable able farm buildings equipment ani animals animats animals mals mats and stored atored foodstuffs Not less lessthan lessthan le than 20 million mUUon dollar dollars * are ar lost each eachrear eachyear achyear rear year : by the burning over of eight to toten toten toten ten millian million acre acres * of farm ( arm woodlandwith woodlandwIth woodland with -with - the destruction deBtructlon of protective protectivelitter protectivelitter JItter litter and Bnd humiu humus lollS loss lo s of seedlingsand seedlingsand seedlings and d saplings needed to restock restockJamb restocklands restockla Jamb lands a and loo 1"S9 1S9 lqss " or serious Injury to totimber totimber totimber totimberTaa timber timberThe Taa The National Safety council councD say says saysthat saythat * . that S9 39 per cent of fatal farm ( arm acctdenu accidents acci acct denu dents enta are due ir to falls Including taUs falls fallsfrom ( allsfrom from machinery macblnery and 23 25 per cent to tohurna toburns tobunu hurna burns Firearm FIrearms * account for ( or 7 per percent percent percent cent . , poison polson for ( or 6 per cent and me mecbanlcal mechaulcal m mchanlcal chanlcal cbanlcal chaulcal suffocation suftocaUon suflocation for ( or 4 . per cent centOther centOther centOtaar Other causes Include dynamite xplo- xplo explo- explo explo.Ions explo- explo explostone xploionJ - - - .Ions Ions stone . ionJ , . . failing falling ( Ilinc trees tree * , . , and goring by bybull bybulls bybulls bybullsUast bull bulls ' bullsMoat Uast Most Moat of ot these accidents are ar due dueto duecarelessness dueta to > carelessness eareleune'B eareleuneB ' , , accordlne according to re research research r earck search flguras gures tlgures and the hazards have havebecome havebecome havebacama become greater with the increasingnumber Increasingnumber Increasing number umber of Inexperienced workerc workers on onfarDUI onfarms onfarm farDUI farms * and the th growing load tha that thatmust thatanust t tmust must ba be carried by the farmer ( arm r and andthe andthe andtha the farmer farmer's farmers ' ' . family'l'radon familyTractors family familyTractara ' Tractara 'l'radon lradon Tractors Mast Most Moat DaDerous Dangerous DaDerousFann DangerousFarm DaageraaaFarm & , Fann Farm lately safety , , caya says WF WFA A li Is basedOD basedon based OD on comrnoa common ense sense Tractor accl acci accldenu accidents accid denu dents t toy top tha the tragedy Hit list for ( or ma macblnery maclilnery machlnery cblnery clilnery oa on tba the modern modem farm ( arm re- re report reports re report - - ports , port * . show how . , when cara care In operation operationand operationand operationaaal and repair would reduca reduce them to aminimum aminimum a minimum Jnlmum Improper storage and andhandlin andhandling andhandling handlin handling , at of unused chemical chemicals * in- in intended Intended In Intended - tended ta to kill kin Insects often otten results resultsIn resultsIn resultsla In killing kfWng : people , , and workers using usingthese usingthese usingtkesa these dangerous but necessary es- es us- us ussentlals es.entlall es-seatlals es seatlals - .entlall entlall sentlals . to crowing growing food good crops cropsshould cropsshould should ouJcl take all possible po.slble poslble . precaution precaution- precautionaf'J precautionary precautionary - ary af'J afJ ' measures meuure meaiures . Tha The homa home medicine medicinecabinet medicinecabInet medicinecabinet cabinet . , . an on the ( ha farm ( arm as else.where elsewhere elsewherepresents . , . presenu presents its ita own dangers Fann Farm Fannworkers Farmworkers Farmworkers workers ara are particularly partlcular1.1 partlcular11 . exposed e2posed ; to topolaODS topoisons topolsans polaODS poisons la to In plants such as ivy and andoak andoak andaak oak , , and af of snakes such as tha the rat rat- ratUer rattier rattler - tler Uer tier , copperhead , . moccasin and andcoral andcoral andcoral coral snakeApart snaleApart snake snale snakeApart Apart from trom their influenca influence on onhealth onhealth onhealth health and sanitation , , tha the farm ( arm well wellcistern wellcistern wellclateri cistern and anti pit present a constant constanthazard constanthazard constanthazard hazard From tba the tima time they are arebunt arebuilt arebuilt bunt built until unUl their elr usa use is discontinued discontinuedcara , , care should ba be taken that construc consft-uc consft uc constructlon consftuction construetlon - tlon tion is in repair proper saety satety safety ( rail railIngs railIngs railIngs Ings and ana cavers covers are In place and andin , In tka the casa case af of the well weU that proper properweter properwater properwater weter water analysis is madeSound madeSound made madeSound Sound farm management managemf'nt managemfnt ' may be berecogtized berecogiyized barecognized recogtized recogiyized ) WFA points out out . , . by the thethoroughness thethoroughness thathorouehaess thoroughness of the safety measures measuresemployed measuresemployed measuresemployed employed Repairs in equipment equipmentand equipmentand equipmentand and to buildings removal of at trash trashand trashand trashand and other Qra Ore tire hazards protection of ofatakwaYI ofstairways ofstairways atakwaYI stairways and floor oor openings for tor lad 7 7I h ; ' . , L7 I _ ' - _ ' _ _ h'i hi : : ' . . . = " . / . . . _ ; . 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" " faraaer farmer 'o o ' I Is . taklag taking no " a chaacca chances . 0 that hia his mawer mower will give givetrouble givaraukle ' . trouble ( ' and aaa perhaps erkaaa caasa cause . . a serlaaa serious 0 o . acclaent accident , I } I arly arty atteatlw atteation " ta to . bar barvesting karveatlag . . : : , . . , vesting 0 and aaa atkar other o aaacklaery machinery " 0 0 leaseaa lessens alaxger danger 0 ' " I dars dera dora by strong railings rallings and toe toeboards toeboards toeboards | boards the presenca presence ot of adequatefire adequate adequateOre adequateflre Ore fire fighting equipment , , food good light lightIng lightleg lightIng Ing leg prominent labeling o of gasoUne gasoline gasoUneand gasolineand gasolineand and kerosena kerosene storaga Btoraae storage containers containersweli , . , well cared for edged tools tQola and prop prop- proper proper . - er housing for dangarous dangerous farm ani animals animais animals mals mais are only soma some of tba the Impor impor- important important Important - - tant items Since an injured farm worker Is Isas isas I as useless in the fight tight to producemore produce producemore producemora more war crops as Is a battle casu casually casualty casualty ally alty Ina in a landing operation tba the good goodtarm goodfarm foodarm tarm farm ( manaeer manager also sees lees to it that thatbis thathis thathis bis his workers understand tha the Job they theyare theyare theyara are to do and the hazards Involved InvolvedThis InvolvedThis involvedThis This is especially vital during the theharvest theharvest theharvest harvest season |