Show I I farms M Vis To most people its it's a surprising ing fact that farming and I ranching are arc responsible Cormore for Cor more occupational deaths each I year than any other major inI in in- in I In fact according toI to toL I L L. Darrell Stokes Davis County County Coun Count CountI I ty Agent agriculture is the I only major industry to show a aI I gradual injury and death rate increase during the past 15 years MR STOKES said that during during during dur dur- ing 1962 men and women lost their I lives ves in accidents while working at chores on farms and ranches throughout the nation Furthermore fa fatal fatal fa- fa tal tat accidents comprise only a avery avery avery very small proportion on of the total injuries sustained he be said Its reliably estimated that for every fatal farming accident accident acci acci- Bed dent there are at least serious ser ser- ious ions crippling or disabling in injuries injuries injuries in- in juries that often require weeks in the hospital and nd months of convalescence in the home be be- fore Core the injured person can return return return re re- re- re turn to normal work he ad ad- ded I According to statistics the death and injury rate in most mist I I major industries such as construction construction construction con con- mining and the vast transportation field has declined declined declined de de- gradually and significantly significantly significantly cantly during the past decade and a half Why the thc increase in one and th the decrease in others others others oth oth- ers Because in the industries both management and labor have been on the alert to the dangers to which their workers are constantly exposed They not only have encouraged but put into operation many safety safety safety safe safe- ty measures that have been di directly directly directly di- di responsible for reducing the dangers of their professions professions professions Mr Stokes pointed out But in the agricultural industry industry industry indus indus- try because of the more isolated isolated isolated iso iso- units of operation there is no such comparable organized organized organized organ organ- supervision or advanced safety regulations Because of this factor it is strictly up to the individual agriculturist to think talk teach preach and practice safety in the agricultural agricultural tural profession the county agent said HE liE NOTED that about one one- third of all agricultural accidents accidents acci acci- I acci-I dents occur during the performance perform perform- ance of routine farm chores Fifteen years ago accidents I caused by farm animals were second in order of frequency inthe in inthe inthe the nation Next in order were i I tools tools machinery and farm ve ve- And during the past 15 years even smaller farms have become mechanized and the larger ones even more so Mr Stokes said TilE THE TRACTOR combine harvester and hay baler have practically replaced the horse not only as a source of farm labor but also as a cause of serious mutilating and fatal accidents accidents accidents ac ac- ac- ac he pointed out He said the tractor is often driven by boys and girls as young as 10 or 12 years old Occasionally Occasionally Occasionally Occasion Occasion- ally they take their even younger young young- er brothers and sisters for rides a across the fields into the pas pas- pastures as- as tures tuns or even onto busy highways high high- ways We cant can't give too much warning to those on farms of the potentially lethal nature of or orthe the common small farm tractor tractor tractor trac trac- tor Mr l Stokes stated slated The uThe number of people on farms who I have been run over and killed by their own machines here in Davis County alone is appalling appalling appalling appal appal- ling he added HE WARNED farmers to tomake tomake tomake make sure sure that their tractors arent aren't left in gear when they dismount Accidents a also 1 s o 0 happen when a tractor is being operated on em the side of hills so steep that the tractor topples over or when the driver is trying trying try try- ing to force Coree a machine to perform perform perform per per- form snore more difficult jobs than those for which it was intended intend intend- ed he said These are just a I few of be the precautions and safety measures measures measures mea mea- now now being taught students students students stu stu- dents who operate such machines machines machines ma ma- chines on Davis County farms Many of these students will be showing shoving their skills in operating operating operating ing tractors at the Junior Tractor Tractor Tractor Trac Trac- tor rodeo during the county fair on ort Friday Aug 21 at 3 pm p.m. bf |