farm accidents About a fifth
of our farm folk each year
sustain accidental iniury caus
ing at least one day’s time
al and farm organizations. tro “ wor * or , oth f «*■
„ tmties. About 60 of each 100,
Statistics show that farm ac- 000 fam peop , e Jose their
cidents peak in July and Aug- Uves atmually beca use of acci
ust because of increased farm dentS- Perma nent injuries, m-
The theme for the 1962 Na- activity at that time. This cludlng those that are part,al
tlonal Farm Safety Week, July brings into focus the need for ly a-s veU a 3 totally disabling.
.22-28, is “Family Safety at more emphasis on accident pre- gtrike about 3 percent of our
Work and Play.” This pro- vention and explains the tim- farm people annuallyi Anot her
gram is sponsored by the Na- mg of the National Farm Safe- p6rcent have temporarl!y
tional Safety Council, with co- ty tVeek campaign. . ,
operation of the United States In recent years, much addi- in S injuries tat mvo \e
Department of Agriculture tional information has become time loss of a day or more. In
and the support of education- available on the pattern of addition, about 12 or 13 per-
Sofety Week Theme
Family Safety At Work or Play
By John D. Rush
Economic Research Service
V.S. Dept, of Agriculture
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cent of our farm people sus-fN W«*S»fllW
tain minor injuries that do J ” CoXltd
meet the definition of a dis- D,,' WarnintT
abling accident or that are not " ttllUllg
reported.
The farm accident pattern
seems to shape up as follows;
For every 1,000 reported ac
cidents that involve disability
(and time loss trom normal
activities), about 1,034
persons are involved, and they
sustain about 1,230 injuries
Sometimes more than one
person Is involved in an acci
dent or more than one injury
is reported per person involv
ed
Farm accidents happen more
frequently to those in the
older-aged groups, but even m
the age group 15 to 24 about
half ot the total annual morta
lity is due to accidents But of
course for this younger age
group the all-cause death rate
is low
Recent studies indicate that
farm accidents have not de
clined in proporation to the
decline in faim population
Farms are isolated little su
per! ision is given to the work
being done and there is often
not much oppoitumtv for an
injuied person to leceive first
aid prompth Secondary high
wav s are otten hazardous for
sate drumg The high inci
dence of accidents to farm
ueople also is due to the tact
that farming is a tanuly job
running more neailv around
the clock than is the case for
many other occupations
We know that carelessness
plays a much more important
role in accident causation than
do the agencies of injury fre
quently named as the cause
Such agencies as motor ve
hicles, falls (a result rather
than a cause) and machinery
account for a substantial part
of the accident toll Farm
accidents can only be reduced
by a fuller realization ot the
dangers involved and by being
more vigilant at work and on
the highways
The wise farmer carries a
fire extinguisher ard first aid
kit on tractors, trucks and
self propelled machinery
From Goddard
HARRISBURG - - Forest and
Waters Secretary Maurice K.
Goddard todaj asked all Penn
sylvanians to be especially
careful with the use of fire In
the State’s woodlanfas and
Stater Parks in view of the
unusually dry spell of the past
two months.
“Recent drought conditions
have mads our woods more
susceptible to forest fires
this summer than during a
normal summer season when
there is usually a greater a
mount of rain, “Goddard sta
ted “In fact,” he added, “the
threat of forest fires is about
as great now as during the
spring and fall fire seasons
when most forest fires occur."
Goddard particularly caut
ioned Pennsv U ama campers
about fires and the necessity
of keeping cooking fires welt
under control “Because the
ground is so drv even the
smallest w oodland fire is very
difficut to put out,” he expla
ined, pointing out that several
flies had been leported throu
ghout the Commonwealth
oier the past week
‘‘Motorists must also take
care that the\ do not start
files,” he emphasized, “by
throwing lighted cigarettes
out of their cars,” The dis
carding of lighted cigarettes
from car windows is inexcus
able at any time, he stated,
but at a time like this can do
mcalcuable harm to our for
ests and endanger the lives
of people
“I just hope that we can
get through this summer with
out any major tragedies result
ing from forest fires,' 1 he re
ported “because the condition
of the woods is downright
dangeros ” Goddard also
stated that the past spring fire
season was one of Pennsylvan
ia's worst in recent years,
burning some 35,000 acres of
the State’s woodlands
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