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Fm Safety Week
Almost 2300 persons died in non-transport accidents on United States forms in 1964, • says G. D. Kite, Extension agricultural engineer at Virginia Tech. I Fifty-seven of these fatali1 ties occurred in Virginia, he | says. More than half of these l' deaths were caused by drown01ng or accidents involving ma - gchinery. $ "President Johnson has proclaimed July 24 - 30 as NaStional Farm Safety Week,” -.‘notes the engineer. "This special emphasis week is to -draw national attention to the rrural accident situation. It " would be helpful also for nonr farm residents to participate C in this program. £ "Accidents are caused. Since -they are caused, they can be S prevented. In 9 out of 10 cases - the causes involve both man • and his environment. Man sets tbe accident stage by things be 5 does or doesn’t do; at the same H time, certain environmental ^conditions exist, then and s there, that bring on die acci? dent. T "Human error can be reeduced by learning about hazards and corresponding safetv practices. Wider public aci ceptance of safety as part of " every activity would improve s performance as for as human 1 factors were concerned. Many environmental hazards could *; be removed if more intensive 2 studies were made of their ; potentials for causing acci3 dents.”
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