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Ignore
farm safety
and you’ll
meet lots
of
interesting
people
Canadian Agricultural Safety Week
March 9-15, 2005
Safety is in the details
“Farm Safety Means Farm Safely”
Does your family know where you are?
Over half of farm-related fatalities happen while the
victim is working alone, reveals a study by Canada’s
leading authority on agricultural injuries. In Canada, 61
per cent of farms are run by single operators, meaning
farmers routinely work alone. Even with larger family
corporations or partnerships, farmers often work in
isolation — it’s just the nature of the business.
“The biggest problem with working alone, obviously,
is getting help quickly when you need it,” says Bob
Friesen, president of the Canadian Federation of
Agriculture (CFA). “This makes farm safety a necessity,
not a nicety.”
The message “Safety is in the details” encourages
farmers to tell someone where he or she is working and
what time he or she should be back.
"Older farmers represent a vital portion of Canadian
producers,” says Marcel Hacault, executive director of
the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA).
“We need to encourage safe practices that will ensure
their continued good health and productivity in what is a
very physically demanding industry. A safe farm is a
successful farm.”
The average Canadian farmer is over 50 years old,
placing greater emphasis on safety for seniors. Farmers
aged 60 and over represent only 13 per cent of the
farming population, but suffer 35 per cent of all
agricultural fatalities and 24 per cent of agricultural
hospitalizations, according to a study by the Canadian
Agricultural Injury Surveillance Program (CAISP).
On average, 115 people are killed and another 1,500
are seriously injured by farm-related incidents in Canada
each year - and many more minor injuries are never even
reported.
Canadian Agricultural Safety Week is delivered by
CFA and CASA through the generous support of FCC
and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. More
information on Canadian Agricultural Safety Week is
available at www.cfa-fca.ca .
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