Hunsbergers To Host Farm Safety Day
SANDRA LEPLEY
Somerset Co. Correspondent
DAVIDSVILLE (Somerset
Co.) This year’s Somerset
County Farm Safety Day is
scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2:30
p.m. next Saturday, April 26,
here at the William Hunsberger
Farm.
Hunsberger’s farm was origi
nally owned by the founder of
Johnstown, Joseph Johns, who is
buried on the farm’s cemetery.
Last year Farm Safety Day
was conducted at the Berlin
Community Grove and focused
on safety for children on farms.
This year the emphasis is on “A
Day That Could Save Your
Life,” which will encompass gen
eral farm safety for the whole
family.
“Our primary purpose is to
avoid accidents on the family
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farm,” said Miguel Saviroff, ex
tension agent for Somerset Coun
ty. “If we can help just one per
son, then the event was
worthwhile.”
The Somerset County Farm
Safety Coalition and Penn State
Cooperative Extension in Somer
set are sponsoring the event.
During the day, different
workshops will be held for chil
dren, including bike safety, fire
safety, storm safety, PTO entan
glement, and first aid.
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tor rollover demonstration,
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town area, president of the Som
erset County Farm Safety Coali
tion, a simple mistake on his
family farm in 1967 radically
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“It could have been worse, but
the power takeoff shaft pulled
my arm in up to the shoulder,”
said Blough. “It was a cold day,
Dec. 16, and the shaft was frozen
fast to the cover when I put my
hand on it.”
That simple mistake caused
Blough to lose his right hand,
and he now uses a hook to ma
neuver.
“It .takes only a second,” said
Blough. “An ounce of prevention
is worth a pound of cure. This
year’s farm safety day will in
clude personal safety and family
safety. Even if you don’t get hurt,
someone else in the family may,
and it’s important to keep the
family together at that time.”
Judy Rhoads, retired teacher
from Maple Ridge Elementary
School in the Somerset Area
School District, will help coordi
nate this year’s event. She is the
wife of Allen Rhoads, a farmer in
Jenner Township.
Lunch will be provided for reg
istered participants. Registration
is required. To register, contact
Somerset County Cooperative
Extension at (814) 445-8911.
“Accidents usually never hap
pen on purpose,” said Saviroff.
“And, after they are over, most
people realize how they could
have been prevented. We want to
create an awareness so farmers
stop and think before they act.”
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