UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre Co.) Dr. Dennis Murphy, pro fessor of agricultural engineering in Penn State's College of Agri cultural Sciences, has been named the editor of a new quarterly publi cation. the Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health. Published by the American So ciety of Agricultural Engineers, the Erst issue will be available February 1995, with subsequent editions appearing in May, August, and November. It is being launched iff response to a growing awareness of the unique safety and health concerns in agriculture and rural areas. "The National Safety Council reports that agriculture is the na tion’s most hazardous industry, with a work-related death rate 22 percent higher than the second most hazardous industry, mining and quarrying,” Murphy said. “Fanning is not keeping pace with other hazardous occupations in improving its safety record. This new journal will help scient ists, engineers and others concern ed about farm and rural safety keep in touch with new research, opinions and theories.” The Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health will address farm and rural safety and health is sues confronting all parts of the 0% -12 Mm. 5 Months 4J%• 24 Mm. OR Walvar Of 7J% • 36 Mm. ...Now Available On Moat Badger Equipment! Badger Liquid Manure Pumps, Spreader Tanks and Box Spreaders Safety Expert To Edit Journal world. 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