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FSA kicks off 'Rural Child Safety' week, March 7-13
The Farm Safety Association
(FSA) is prompting agriculturalists
"To Take the Challenge" and work
safely during this annual Farm
Safety Week, March 7-13. Recog-
nizing the special safety concerns
for farm families with young chil-
dren 0,-; theme of this year's cam-
paign is "Rural Child Safety."
During National Farm Safety
Week, the Ontario Federation of
Agriculture (OFA) is inviting chil-
dren and parents to become farm
safety super sleuths. They are
encouraged to make a serious effort
to identify and correct areas on the
farm where safety can be improved.
Information gathered by the FSA
documents 86 farm work-related
fatalities to children under 16 in
Ontario, during the years of 1980 to
1994. From 1984 to 1992 a Queen's
University research group identi-
fied 24 additional farm fatalities to
Ontario children of the same ages,
the majority of which did not
involve farm work. Also, between
1985-1991,the Queen's group iden-
tified 262 hospitalized injuries to
children caused by agricultural
machinery.
Of the victims boys outnumbered
By Sarah McLellan
The Cranbrook 4-Hers held their
third meeting of "Wearable Art" on
Monday, Feb. 26. The topic of the
meeting was bracelets.
The opening of the meeting was
accomplished with the reciting of
the 4-H pledge. After this was
done, Cindy Van Nes got down to
the business of making cardboard
looms. Members did this by taking
a strip of cereal box and cutting
slits in both ends. They glued
popsicle sticks onto the cardboard
just below the slits to give the loom
strength, then wrapped thread
around and around the loom until
By John Storey
The 4-H Chinchilla Club met on
Feb. 17. The next meeting will be
on March 9 at Ray and Barb
Storey's.
When all the 4-H members
arrived they said the 4-H pledge
and the president, Debbie Hoggart,
opened the meeting. They did the
roll call.
Correction
In the article in the Feb. 28 issue
under the Belgrave news should
have read Steve Stevenson and
friend attended the wedding of
Allan and Marilyn Scott.
Friends gather
for birthday
Continued from page 13
Wingham; Mrs. Winnifred John-
ston, Braemar Retirement Home,
Wingham; Mr. and Mrs. Maitland
Edgar, Petrolia and Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis Stonehouse, Belgrave were
supper guests on Saturday, March 2
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Stephen Thompson, Mary and
Robert of Blyth. The occasion was
Maitland's birthday.
the girls four to one. It's interesting
to note that over the age of six there
were almost no deaths to girls.
It is the very nature of farming
activities that make them so dan-
gerous to young inquisitive minds.
One the one hand, a farm is an
industry, filled with potential dan-
ger. On the other, it jF a home, a
wondrous place to explore. As chil-
dren obviously can not be kept
away from the workplace, farm
families must identify the hazards
arid deal with them.
The tractor was the leading agent
of injury leading to death, followed
by drowning. Among the 20 deaths
caused by tractors, 10 were as the
result of runovers and seven
involved rollovers.
The peak time for these fatalities
were during the summer months of
July and August. This is when chil-
dren are on summer holidays and it
corresponds with the most active
times of field work on many
Ontario farms.
Of reported injuries 90 were
observed in the five and under age
group, while 60 injuries were in the
six-10-year-old group and 112 were
among 11-15-year-olds. Injuries to
there were six threads through the
loom.
While waiting for the glue to dry,
A. J. McLellan and his sisters
Missy, and Sarah gave a presenta-
tion about the bears that their
"Nana", Sandra Clark, makes.
Following the presentation,
Cindy passed out beads so mem-
bers could begin to bead on their
looms. Some people are simply
doing stripes, while others are
doing complicated things like piano
keys.
The next meeting will be filled
by the painting and stencilling of
canvas shoes.
Guest Kim Glazier from Milton
Dietz Limited talked about feeding
chinchillas. She gave some info on
Listeriosis, which is a bad germ
that kills chinchillas. She showed a
chart on nutrition.
Ray and Barb answered the
questions that the 4-H members
had. Then they got out some
chinchilla magazines and looked at
them.
boys again outnumber girls by
three to one.
Over 40 different types of
machinery were involved in the
injuries, with the farm tractor
responsible for over one-third. The
leading mechanism of injury was
entanglement in moving and often
unguarded machinery.
In Huron last year, there was
only one fatality, the victim an
adult. However, the analysis show
that there are common patterns of
accidental injury and death among
farm children. They include lack of
supervision, allowing children to be
in the proximity of unguarded or
moving farm machinery and having
children do tasks that are inappro-
priate for their age.
Many things can be done to
reduce the risk. Barriers can be
constructed on farms to prevent
youngsters from exposure to the
hazards. A separate, supervised
fenced play area has been built on
many farms.
Ensure that all farm machinery is
appropriately and safely guarded.
Educate farm families with
young children about the risks of
letting their children accompany
them to the farm worksite.
Cranbrook 4-H members
make cardboard looms
4-H Chinchilla Club
discusses feeding