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Show Power Equipment Safety Hazard u) Caution Is Urged In Farm Safety Week Farm Safety Week has brought about a concentrated sffort on the part of manufacturers, safety experts ex-perts and county agents to remind farmers that power machinery accounts ac-counts for a heavy portion of tht nation's farm accidents, j The National Safety Council reo-: ords reveal horrible tragedies from unguarded power take-off shafts. Whan clothing merely flops against a turning shaft or coupling, an operator can be mangled Instantly. ; Too often, shields are left In the Implement shed or in a fence corner. Many manufacturers art equipping equip-ping power - driven Implements with non - removable power takeoff take-off shields a move to protect operators against their own carelessness. care-lessness. On most equipment, how- i ever, operators must still depend upon removable shields left In place for protection. Local Implement dealers can jhelp farmers and ranchers who do not have standard power take-off j .hitches to et shields. Adapter packages or parts can convert an in d& i Accident reports gathered from American farms show that most farmers involved in on-the-farm Injuries were careless In their use of power machinery. Safety officials are taking advantage advan-tage of Farm Safety Week to urge use of protective shields wherever possible. old tractor to take a standard shield. |