Show National Farm Safety Safely Week Making i Effort to Reduce Heavy Loss lass Burden i Deaths Can an ane Be e Eliminated in Agri Agricultural Areas Farmers and their wives and children as a rule are too busy producing food for wartime America Ameri Ameri- ca to have any time to go hunting for lor danger and death Nevertheless government safety officials declare back home on the farm larm is far from being the safest place in the world to live Trouble is safety engineers point out that accidents dont don't wait for people to go looking for them They just happen And they happen mostly mostly mostly most most- ly to people like farmers who are too busy doing an important job to think about how to avoid acci acci- dents Calling attention to Americas America's continuing continuing continuing con con- need for the skill and labor of her farmers President Truman said I urge farm people everywhere to observe National Farm Safety week by making a n safety check in their homes and on their farms I request all persons and organizations organizations organizations concerned with agriculture and farm life to do everything in their power to educate farm people In the proper precautions by which they may eliminate farm hazards President Truman has proclaimed July 22 to 28 as National Farm Safety week Burns usually rank second In importance importance im im- on the farm home accident list Causes Include careless smoking smoking smoking ing the use of kerosene In starting startIng startIng start- start Ing kitchen fires placing pans of boiling liquid too close to the edge of ot a kitchen stove as well as many other instances of haste or carelessness carelessness carelessness care care- or both Records show that If it parents make sure at all times that firearms Farm Front Casualties The following figures are based on statistics from Pearl Harbor to January 1 I 1945 During the same period total war casualties of U. U S. S forces both army and navy amounted to These figures are for farm residents only Killed Injured Killed on job Killed In traffic Killed In homes Injured at work Injured in traffic Injured In homes and poisons are arc out of reach rench of their I children accidents to children In Inthe inthe I the farm home will be considerably reduced Among leading causes of work accidents accidents accidents ac ac- ac- ac on the farm is the Improper use of farm machinery Knives belts pulleys gears and the like are necessarily a part of farm machinery ma ma- chinery The greatest caution should always be exercised in order to operate operate operate op op- op- op erate them without accident to the person Improper handling of animals causes many farm work accidents While bulls are the cause of many serious injuries the greatest number number number num num- ber of accidents due to careless careless careless care care- less handling of animals Is caused by horses records show Pledge Fledge of Cooperation Falls are also high on the list of farm work accidents Better housekeeping housekeeping housekeeping house house- keeping methods in the farmyard farmyard farmyard farm farm- yard the barn and other farm buildings can materially reduce the number of ot accidents attributable to I falls Among farm leaders who have pledged their cooperation in the work of National Farm Safety week are Edward S. S ONeal president of the American Farm bureau federation federation federation federa federa- tion James G G. G Patton president of ot the National Farmers Union and A. A I S. S Goss master of the National Grange President Truman's suggestion that farm people make n a safety check in their homes and on their farms if tt followed will be the greatest greatest greatest great great- est single step that can be taken toward reducing accidents on the farm Maynard H H. Coe director of the farm division of ot the National Safety council said He pointed out that the councils 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 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 cluttered cluttered stairways unsound ladders badly lighted hallways all of which can be corrected by good housekeeping are major hazards Away from the farm traffic accidents accidents acci acci- dents are the most serious menace menace menace men men- ace for farm people It Is expected that a serious problem w will 1 arise on the highway when traffic again hits the peak of prewar years and yr f 1 6 y 3 4 s 7 t s c i i j P af d. d t Y J T Ts s 4 Y hi w 1 t VV r Upper photo shows risk of operating operating I ing a saw without a guard Second I photo shows one cause of a 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 ar arc killed by unloaded guns an an- greater driving skill and care than ever before will be needed There are many other types of accidents accidents accidents ac ac- ac- ac which contribute to the annual annual annual an an- nual toll on the farm tarm Mr Coe said but the examples given point the way for both individuals and organizations organizations organ organ- rations to make best use of a farm safety check up during the week Mr Coe concluded his remarks k rr R y k f I This farmer should know that his place is in the drivers driver's seat scat Instead Instead In In- stead he risks a lifetime of happiness to save a few seconds by disobeying a cardinal safety rule of adjusting machinery only when at a full fuU stop and then from the ground |