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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1978-07-20, Page 26ARTIFICIAL GRASS 3 YARD CARPETING StIUARE First Quality 100% POLYPROPYLENE! Green Calour .I Only, All -Weather Carpeting Voir Can Use Outdoors I Or Inside! Papular For Porches, Patios, Paolside, �, And ealconies!! PACE IOATHE GODERICH SIGN-AL:S`T`AR THURSDAY, JUDY 20, 1978 Make every week Farm Safet BY JOANNE Ontario, the only in- WALTERS dustries that have a How many times have higher frequency of in - you read tragic headlines juries are mining and about farming accidents? forestry., Probably once too often. Last year in Ontario, Every year, a number nearly 2,100 farm of --farmers and farm workers had a lost time employees are victims of injury. A greater number mutilating , or fatal ac- than this sustained an cidents. Agriculture, at injury serious enough to -the present time, has a require medical at - high injury frequency in tention. The Farm Safety comparison with other Association also recorded work groups in the 54 fatalities and yet, this province. The industrial figure is estimated to be wo,rk,place,Jor example,. only half of the actual is a much more con- farm fatalities in Ontario. trolled area than the Millions of.. -dollars were farm work place. Farm paid out in compensation workers are often sub- benefits to injured farm jetted to relatively workers ana countless hazardous conditions by millions were lost in the necessity. It is as a result direct and indirect costs of these and other fac- associated with these tors, that the injury and injuries. fatality rates for Ontario The farm work place is farm workers are complex and far more markedly higher than sophisticated than it was most other work groups. 20 or even 10 years ago. The week beginning Machinery is larger and July 25 and ending July 31 capable of doing work in is National Farm Safety a matter of minutes or Week, sponsored by the hours rather than days or Canada Safety Council weeks as it used to, (CSC)._ in __.co=operation Pesticides and changing with Agriculture Canada agricultural methods and also endorsed by the have also added a new Farm Safety Association. and different dimension It is hoped that this week to farming.- _ will encourage everyone Although technolog i on farms to become fully advancements in safety conscious. This agriculture have olaced safety consciousness Canadian farmers should include all adult among the leaders in food workers, farm children and crop production in and farm visitors. Farm the world, these same Safety Week • should 'be technological ad - observed 52 weeks of the vancements have created year. a work place that is more The seriousness of hazardous than its , in - farm injuries in. Ontario dustrial counterpart. As becomes immediately farm machinery becomes evident when reviewing more sophisticated and statistics. Agriculture .is complex, the number of _ _ra.nkPrlPax:hs a.nzt_ • lost _t is --- . dangerous occupation in.injuries on -the farm Canada. and Ontario. In steadily, increases. HUMAN FAILURE Machines, en- vironmental factorsand human behaviour all contribute to farm ac- cidents. Of these, however, human behaviour, or im.ore _precisel-hu•r-rlan failure, plays a major role in events leading up to most accidents. Mechanical failure and conditions at the accident scene are often secondary. Safer machine .;ansa products. have been developed and in- structions for proper op enation__�lLng- have been improved but it is` impossible to prevent human failing such as lack of foresight and poor judgement. The Canada Safety Council believes education and training have a major role to play in making safety a part of farm life. During Farm Safety Week, the CSC is emphasizing the use of personal protective equipment. The CSC receives many reports of accidents resulting in loss of a hand, a finger, an eye or even a life, despite the fact that most f; machinery is w equipped with protective safety shields ' and warning decals. • Many of the farm machinery accidents occur as a result of the operator inspecting or unclogging the machine before shutting it off completely or from operating the machine, without the proper shielding in place.. properly installed protective guards can effectively reduce farm operating a targe, machinery accidents, complex machine when Operators should always he is no longer alert to replace guards when hazards?" these are damaged or Take frequent short removed for main breaks during the day. tenance work. Before Brief rest periods are servicing, or adjusting.or more refreshing than a repairing ec�uit7rrien the single long break. Stay operator should alert, don't rush, keep disengage all power, shut'Your mind on the job at off the engine or other hand and don't take risks. power source and wait till Your reward will be a all moving parts have safe, productive grain stopped unless the harvest. operator's manual gives Little children are specific el�ft-t —m - instructions to -r.t:a.in naturally fascinated by --p-ltat�r.�sti.ng._ _ _.ap:esatio,ns, . operations while the Sadly, many reports'are machine is running. received about TAKE-•A.,B.R EAIi..,�.._... Safe operating procedures require the operator not to start the machine before checking that all guards and shields are in place and everyone is standing 'clear. The operator should also get sufficient rest as operation of a complexmachinery requires alertness and concentration. Once again, hopes are pinned on a bumper crop and favorable prices to reward the efforts that preceded grain harvest. Pressures of time and weather make everyone anxious- to complete the job at hand. However, nothing will be gained by pushing safety into the background during the busy season. Pressure almost seems to be part of the harvesting procedure. It is always tempting to finish that 20 acres before the weather closes in. While the im- portance of tinie during harvests can be ap- p-reeiLITt7 ;Task "Would a good manager allow himself to continue How many hazards can you find?. T 6T if 7.1 a „ ;-,, .� THINK SAFETY - WORK SAFELY - LOW PRICE OR.... �i%ALL 12 EXP. COLOR NEG.FILMS DEVELOPED .. fogy. W d PR/NTED Q - �I ALL 20 EXP. �i%COLOR NEG.FILMS DEVELOPED FoR &PR/NTED• oN�y 539, REPLACEMENT FILM 0*ALL 12EXP. /COLOR N [G. FI LMS DEVELOPED 8 PR/NTED FYA REPLACEMENT fllM 439 t,VCOLORI�NEAILL 2�G.FIX S DEVELOPED 8 PR/NTED pto A REPLACEMENT FILM s39 Ri ITt K !HARMACY SHOPPERS SQUARE; GODERICH 524®.7241 youngsters being caught mach,jl.!.f'.x.a'•�.r._E:.Llra...�,e!'.- by wagons. The only solution is to establish hard and fast rules for- bidding the presence of children around har- vesting activities. The same goes for visitors. Electricity is the primary cause of farm eek! structure "'fires and several cases of elec- trocution are reported each year. Canadian farms are depending more and more on electricity and the CSC believes that, in some cases, its capacity for harm is not taken seriously enough. • In many urban areas, hydro inspectors have to check out electricity installations even when done by professionals. On farms, the farmer tends ,ntost_otten professional at many things and seldom has any real training to work on electrical „wiring, n WHELAN SPEAKS Farm safety deserts more attention than it usually receives, says Eugene Whelan, Minister of Agriculture. Canadian farmers are all too im- portant to world food production to risk any time due to careless accidents, he says. 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