제  목 : 1998 National Farm Safety and Health Week
  일  자 : 1998년 09월
  제공처 : Internet

    1998 National Farm Safety and Health Week
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    "Precision Farming Includes Safety and Health"

                            Dear Friend
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                            Dear Friend:

                          Welcome to the
              1998 Farm Safety and Health Week Web Page!

    "Precision Farming Includes Safety and Health" is the theme of
    the 1998 National Farm Safety and Health Week -- our 55th year focusing
    on safety and health on the farm. From September 20 - 26th, and the rest
    of the year for that matter, we will be working together to remind farmers
    and ranchers that to be proactive in the area of precision farming, safety
    and health must be included as a management decision.

    Safety and health in precision farming simply refers to providing farmers
    and ranchers with more information about their operations that they can
    use to gain more control over their farm or ranch profitability. This
    information can include such things as injuries, illnesses, close calls,
    hazards, importance of safety devices, safe work practices, personal
    protective equipment and more. This information will allow farmers to
    identify problem areas that affect their profitability.

    Although the theme of this year's observance focuses on the economic
    toll resulting from unintentional injuries and deaths on the farm,
    we remember a far more tragic side that affects farmers, ranchers and
    their families every day of the year. Over seven hundred lives were lost
    and over a hundred fifty thousand people were severely injured in
    farm-related activities last year alone. Safety and health education
    plays a vital role in reducing fatalities and injuries on the farm.

    On behalf of the members and staff of the National Safety Council, I wish
    you much success in your 1998 National Farm Safety ＆ Health Week program
    activities and thank you for your commitment to safety and health in
    agriculture. Your educational efforts make a difference and affect the
    lives of many people ... often of families unaware that tragedy is only
    a moment away.

    Sincerely,
    Jerry Scannell
    President, National Safety Council
                           Sponsored by
                         funded in part by

  The National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety