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kidnapping'/
AaMhcrKeaario.hu proven to
be more dangerous.
It might (ate place at the PTO
shaft, the gravity box wagon, the
silo, or the extra rider site on the
tractor.
Yes, this scenario is our farms.
Each year about 300 kids are
taken from our farms. No, not by
kidnappers but by our own neglect
Whether it be crushing in a tractor
roll over, suffocation in a gravity
box wagon, an arm caught in an
auger, or pants caught in the PTO.
We kill too many farm kids.
This put week was National
Safe Kids Week. Whether you are
on the Cum or live in town, it’s
time we sit up and take note. There
are too many accidents around us.
We are injuring and yes. even kill
ing too many children.
Let’s see what we can do to save
our children.
Farms have always been hazard
ous work jdaces. But trauma in
children on farms is occurring in
epidemic proportions. Farming is
now the most dangerous occupa
tion and children bear the brunt of
the accident load.
In bet, Pennsylvania, Minneso
ta, Indiana, and Wisconsin data
shows that 14 percent to 24 percent
of total farm accidents involve
children under the age of 16.
There are a number of factors
that contribute to the dangers for
'children on terns. Many of these
I same factors can be felt around the
'home.
• Increased Mechanization
Machinery injuries have surpassed
other types of injuries, and are a
nuyor cause of fatalities among
farm kids. Many of these injuries
are caused by old equipment man
ufactured prior to safety standards.
However, modem equipment may
endanger more kids just because
its easier to operate. Hence, we
think kids are capable of doing the
task.
• Stressful Economic Condi
tions Tight financial times may
be placing more and more smaller
children in the role of hired hand.
But, maybe more of a factor is that
parents have gone off the farm to
find additional employment to
malm ends meet Thus kids may
have less supervision.
Studies have shown that when
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you adjust for the amount of time
each worker is in the workplace,
children have nearly a 50 percent
higher accident rate.
So. what can be done to tom this
alarming fact around?
There may be a lot of alterna
tives required safety classes
with lowered insurance premiums,
federal standards for machinery,
mandatory safety devices, or
tougher laws.
The things that I find puzzling
though is why? Why do we have to
have someone else force us to
clean up our act. Why not do it for
our children’s sake—for our fam
ily’s sake!
There are some barriers on the
farm. First, farmers live in the
midst of their work and many
children and adults simply aren’t
aware of the danger—the hazards.
Secondly, there is a strong
desire to instill the “work ethic.”
“It’s our rural belief that kids
should help with farm work,”
4-H leader Ronnie Lehman presents Jeremy Troutman
with a certificate of recognition for winning the 1992 Penn
State 4-H Achievement Days Tractor Driving contest. As the
state’s representative in the national level of competition,
Troutman went on to place fifth.
Mies Bob Ahoriiv Utdvenlty of
Illinois Extension Safety Spedal
isL “But the benefits often don’t
outweigh the risks.”
The third factor is that farmers
like to avoid government regula
tions. Farm kids, working on the
family farm, don’t have to be
licensed, or in fact even trained, to
operate equipment or perform
adult jobs.
The fact is no other industry tol
erates children being killed like
agriculture does. To me that’s
deplorable.
The 4-H Program in Lebanon
County has been on the move to
change this trend. Six years ago
one of my 4-H moms came to me
and wanted to start something new
a 4-H Tractor Safety Program.
She was very concerned about
keeping farm kids safe and so was
I.
With a sense of urgency, enthu
siasm and vengeance, the Lebanon
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