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President Ronald Reagan has proclaimed the week of Sept. 20-26 as National Farm Safety Week. The 44th observance of the week is sponsored by the National Safety Council, U.S. Department of Agriculture and the American Farm Bureau Federation.
“The proclamation points out the need for everyone connected with agriculture to continue efforts to reduce the number and severity of accidental injuries and work-related illnesses so very costly to farming families and to our nation,” said Linda P. Henry, Executive Director
of the Rappahannock County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service.
Agriculture remains among the nation’s most hazardous nugor industries with an accidental death rate of 52 per 100,000 workers in 1986, a slight increase from 1985. According to the National Safety Council, agricultural work accidents resulted in about 1,700 deaths and 170,000 disabling injuries last year.
Many farm and ranch residents also were seriously injured or killed in home, recreation and roadway ac
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