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The human element: of fatigue, hurry and carelessness are the djief factors causing farm accidents.
Saftey experts at V irgina Polytechnic Institute pass along a ieport from the American Medical Association on a survey of t',c causes of 105 farm 1. juries and a comparison of the fauns on which they occurred with 125 accidentfree farms.
In the study, made in Wisconsin, machines were associated with more than half the injuries, and in 79 percent of the cases the accident occurred while the victim was engaged in routine farm work. The mishap occurred in the harn or barnyard in more than half the cases.
Seventy-five percent of the accidents occurred after 3 o’clock in the afternoon, suggesting that fatigue played an important role.
One fourh of the injured ,person admitted they were in a hurry at the time of die accident.
In 22 injuries judged preventable by the use of a safety device, there was no safety device on the machine or the existing safety device was not in use.
Forty-seven percent of the victims had had previous farm injuries.
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