| Show national farm safety week making effort to reduce heavy loss burden 17 deaths can be eliminated in A agricultural I 1 areas farmers and their wives and chil children dren as a rule are too busy producing food for wartime america to have any time to go hunting for or danger and death nevertheless government safety officials declare back home on the farm arm is far from being the safest place in the world to live trouble is safety engineers point out but that accidents dont wait for people to go looking for them they st happen and they happen mostly 1 to people like farmers who ire too busy doing an important job to think about how to avoid acci tents lents calling attention to americas continuing need for the skill and labor of f her farmers president truman taid 1 I urge farm people everywhere to lot observe national farm safety eck week K by making a safety check in homes and on their farms t request all persons and 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 23 as national farm safety week burns usually rank second in importance ortance on the farm home accident list cst causes include careless smoking the use of kerosene in starting kitchen fires placing pans pails of boiling liquid too close to the edge of B a kitchen stove as well as many other instances of haste or carelessness or both records show that it if parents make sure at all times that firearms farni farm front casualties the following figures are based on statistics from pearl harbor to january 1 1945 during the same period total war casualties of U S forces both army and navy amounted to these figures are for farm residents only killed injured killed Kil ledon on job killed in traffic killed in homes injured at work injured in traffic injured in homes and poisons are out of reach of their th hildren ildren accidents to children in the farm home will be considerably reduced among samong leading causes of work accidents on the farm is the improper use of farm machinery knives belts pulleys gears and the like are necessarily a part of farm machinery the greatest caution should always be exercised in order to operate 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 of accidents due to careless handling of animals is caused by horses records show pledge of 0 cooperation falls are also high on the list of farm arm work accidents better housekeeping methods in the farmyard ard the barn and other farm buildings uil dings can materially reduce redu C e the number of accidents attributable to falls calls among farm leaders who have pledged their cooperation in the work of national farm safety week are edward S oneal president ol of the american farm bureau federa tion james G patton president ol of the national farmers union and A S goss master of the national grange president Tr suggestion that farm people make a safety check in their homes and on their farms if followed will be the greatest single step that can be taken toward reducing accidents on the farm maynard H coe coc director of the farm division of the national safety council said he pointed out that the councils 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 checkup check up falls most common the records show for example that falls occur in the farm home far more lore frequently than any other type of it accident such things as stairways unsound ladders badly lighted hallwa hallways yi all of which i can be corrected by good housekeeping keeping are major hazards away ay from the farm traffic acciare dents the most serious menar ace for farm people it is expected that a serious problem will arise on the e highway when traffic again hits the he peak of prewar years and 01 4 11 a 1 k 1 1 a 1 11 A 10 L a V e upper er photo shows risk of ing a saw without a guard second photo shows one cause of a annual amual farm fire loss smoking in farm rm buildings third photo shows i that rickety and cluttered stairways rays add to the annual milled killed and injured list lower photo loaded d or unloaded un loaded neither are safe within reach of a child many are killed ailed by unloaded guns an dually fer 9 reater driving skill and care than ever before will be needed there ire are many other types of acts which contribute to the an nual toll on the farm mr coe said but the he examples given point the way for eor both individuals and organ izat ions ns to make best use of a farm safety f checkup check up during the week mr coe concluded his re remarks m arks by saying lying that early reports com 1 4 L 0 this farmer should know that his place is in the e drivers r ver s seat sea instead n he risks a lifetime of happiness to save a few seconds by disobeying a cardinal safety rule pf af adjusting machinery only when at a full stop and then from the ground work safely play safely drive safely and otherwise prevent accidents by correcting conditions that might cause accidents are you encouraging accident prevention in your home do you have first aid materials on hand for treatment of minor injuries are members of the family familial famil iaz with the proper use of the first aid materials inspection points the way to protection locate the danger spots on OB the farm and in the farm home ther thee get rid of them |
