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“PLANNING Prevents Accidents” is this year’s theme for National Farm Safety Week, July 25-31. The National Safety Council (NSC), and the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), suggest that farmers and ranchers plan in advance for a safe farm environment.
“Farm safety week is a good opportunity to emphasize ways of preventing safety hazards by preplanning for safer practices on each farm,” Jack York of the Loudoun-Fairfax ASCS Office said. Many industries have discovered that accidents can be anticipated and thus can be planned against. These same techniques of foresight, advance “spadework”, and just careful planning, can be used in agriculture to cut down an accident rate that for too many years has run higher than safety experts believe it should, York said.
According to NSC estimates, agricultural work accidents claimed about 2,100 lives last year, and nearly 200,000 persons suffered disabling injuries.
KEY guidelines for accident prevention planning are:
• Make accident prevention a major work goal.
• Be informed about safety. Read about safety. Study instruction manuals.
• Develop and write out a safety plan that suits your operation.
• Inspect equipment and buildings; correct faults or hazards.
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