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DEMONSTRATION - Safety consultant Steve Matisz shows what hap-
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jured, the farmer -employer is re-
sponsible. He said if his employer
at the time of the accident had not
had coverage, "I would have ended
up owning their farm".
The compensation paid for all
medical expenses, rehabilitation,
further schooling andthe prostheses
to replace his missing leg.
MacGregor was engaged to be
married the following month at the -
time of his accident. He managed
to get down the aisle. _
"Kitty stood by me at the time,
and she is with me still", MacGre-
gor said. .
•The MacGregors live on a Centu-
ry
farm they bought in 1974.
"I look at a task, and at my limi-
tations; and there's not too much 1
can't do if I put my mind to it",
MacGregor observed.
* - * *
Believe it or not, John Paul Rau
had his accident on his Stanley
township farm in February too. in
197.9. He was one of the fortunates
to survive an encounter with man-
ure gas.
Rau had been a pork producer for
12 years the evening he began to
clean the barn gutters. The first
had little m it, and he flushed it out
without incident. The second had
not been opened since the previous
fall.
Rau's work was interrupted by a
sound he recognized as the death
squeal of some of his pigs. He
walked 120 feet to the back of the
barn, and was confronted with the
sight of some pigs jumping on
each other, others lying on the
floor. He started to climb into the
pen, and without warning there was
no longer any air.
Thinking he was having a heart
attack, Rau staggered about 10 feet
to an exit door that had been closed
all winter. At first the door stuck,
but Rau gave it "one hell of a jar",
it opened, and he tumbled outside
and passed out. .
His son Gary had been in the
feedroom. Seeing the open door,
he investigated and discovered his
father. Failing to arouse him, he
rushed away to phone for help.
When he returned, his father was
back on his feet.
In the barn were 28 dead pigs, and
another 35 either blind, prolapsed
or bleeding from the mouth.
Rau visited his Exeter doctor the
next day, and was told he had es-
caped death by seconds. His wife
was advised to awaken him periodi-
cally throughout the night to make
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Rau remembers how his knees
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the trap to begin flushing out man-
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Turning serious again, Rau
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* *. *
Hay township reeve Lioncl•Wild-
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the Huron association, demonstrated
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at every agricultural supply store.
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demonstrate graphically how easily
clothing caught in a PTO can draw
a person into machinery, inflicting
serious injury or death. PTOs have
98. percent of their tractor's horse-
power, and spin at 540 revolutions
per second. The crushing, twisting
action always results in severe dam-
age to human tissue, and injuries
take a long time to heal.
Among his cautions were admoni-
tions to always replace guards and
shields after greasing or other work,
and never stepping over a PTO
when its going but always walking
away in a semi -circle so if you fall,
you fall away from the tractor.
Farm management specialist
Brian Hall had some timely advice.
He pointed out that this year's
drought will increase the potential
hazards later of silo gas and high ni-
trate levels in corn.
Hall, who had two classmates
killed by silo gas, stressed the im-
portance of wailing three weeks af-
ter filling before entering a silo, and
using decals obtained from the Farm
Safely Association that warn
"Danger: Silo gas".
Hall said in drought years nitrates
build up in corn stalks and could
-cause nitrate poisoning in cattle:
Ile urged cattle producers to "keep
an eye out" for this throughout the
season.
Ag rep Don Pullen commended
the three men who told the story of
their accidents, and asked that "we
make Huron not only the best
county but the safest".
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