—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, May 27,1973
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Ag Safety Council out
By JOANNE SPAHR
HARRISBURG - It’s
something every fanner
knows about It’s a fear
every farmer’s wife lives
with. And, yet nobody thinks
it will ever happen to them.
But it does.
It’s a proven statement
that one out of every six
fanners in Pennsylvania
will have a serious farm
accident, and that 87 per
cent of all accidents happen
to family members, not farm
workers. And, un
fortunately, over half of all
accidents are severe. Sur
prisingly enough, farm
people are most likely to be
involved in an accident while
doing routine chores.
Why does this happen?
“Farmers reallv know
better than to be careless,,,”
says Elaine Benner,
secretary for a newly for
med statewide council whose
primary goal is to change
those statistics for the
better. “They know they
shouldn’t stick their hands in
a com picker, but they just
don’t think for that minute.”
Through education, the
Pennsylvania Agricultural
Safety Council hopes to get
farmers to think for that
“one disastrous moment”
and in this way save lives
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“We basically want to
make farmers more safety
conscious and safety
aware,” explains Mrs.
Benner, “We’ll have to
constantly drill it in.”
_ At this point Safety
Council is a mere fledgling
as far as statewide
organizations are con
cerned.
It officially began in
March of 1978 when the first
annual meeting was held at
Penn State University with
the Honorable Kent O.
Shelhamer, Pennsylvania
secretary of agriculture, as
guest speaker.
Prior to that con
ceptualizion had come about
in November 1977 after Penn
State University had hired
their first safety specialist,
Dennis Murphy. Murphy
became aware of safety
councils in other states,
mostly in the raid-West and
New York. After considering
their value, Murphy met
initially with John Frey,
Sperry New Holland, and
Marlin Miller, director of
field services for PFA, to
discuss the idea. After that
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these three invited other
organizations to decide if
such a, council was of
genuine concern. Upon a
decision to the affirmative,
by-laws were worked on and
plans made for the first
meeting. Today, the
organization is comprised of
13 indivuduals and 12
organizations.
At this point, PASC is the
only statewide organization
for the farm safety prac
tices, and according to J.
Robert Peifer, president, the
group has set out to be
“problem solvers.”
A list of projected ac
tivities includes publishing
and distributing during
Farm Safety Week a
newspaper on current topics
of farm safety. The group
also plans to develop or buy
posters on farm safety and
mail them to schools.
To reach the general
public, they have the goal of
developing and distrubuting
placemats, napkins, or
special pamphlets to such
establishments as
restaurants.
Safety campaigns are also
on the list of activities. These
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campaigns will deal with
particular subject areas
such as harvesting, tillage
and tractor overturn at
specific times during the
year. PASC will also sponsor
an annual awards program
recognizing individuals or
groups that contribute to
farm safety.
Three other planned ac
tivities include developing
and distributing decals at
certain times or for certain
subjects; having campaigns
to sell safety items such as
smoke detectors, and fire
extinguishers, and spon
soring events, activities, and
displays at Farm Show and
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ZIP
accident rate
Ag Progress Days. They will
also set up a portable display
for county or lopal events.
President of the Council
for the coming year will be J.
Robert Peifer, executive
vice-president, Penn
sylvania Association of
Mutual Insurance Com
panies. Dr. William
Williams, assistant
professor of agricultural
education at Penn State, will
serve as vice-president.
John Frey, insurance
manager, Sperry-New
Holland Corporation, has
been elected treasurer; and
Elaine Benner, past
chairperson, State Women’s
Committee, Pennsylvania
Farmers Association, has
been elected secretory.
The board of directors
are: Robert H. Williams,
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Chambersburg, PA
717-263-8424
ARNETTS GARAGE
Rt. 9 Box 125
Hagerstown, MD
301-733-0515
NEVIN N. MYER
& SONS, INC.
Chester Springs, PA
215-827-7414
UMBERSR'S Mill
Rt. 4 Lebanon, PA
(Fontana)
717-867-5161
A. L HERR & BRO.
Quarryville, PA
717-786-3521
BINKLEY & HURST BROS.
133 Rothsville Station Road
Lititz, PA
717-626-4705
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717-463-2735
editor. The Pennsylvania
Farmer; Barry Wanbaugh,
district sales manager,
Agway, Inc.; Dr. Neil R.
Buss, executive depty
secretary, Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture;
N. Gale Moore, secretary,
Pennsylvania State Grange;
Marion R. Deppen, assistant
director, Cooperative Ex
tension Service; and Dennis
J. Murphy, safety specialist,
Cooperative Extension
Service.
An individual or family
membership is available in
PASC. Annual membership
is $5 for an individual and $25
for an organization.
Interested individuals are
urged to fill out the ac
companying membership
application and send it to the
directed address.
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N. G. HERSHEY & SON
Manheim, PA
717-665-2271
AGWAY, INC.
Chapman Equip Center
Chapman, PA
215-398-2553
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Hickory Hill, PA
215-932-2615
WERTZ GARAGE
Lmeboro, MD
301-374-2672
LEBANON VALLEY
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Richland, PA
717-866-7518
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Thomasville, PA
717-259-0453
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