September 2007

Harvest Safety Reminders

Harvest will soon be underway and we will be into one of the busiest times of the year for farmers. Long hours and dangerous working conditions are accepted as a normal part of the life of a farmer but no one should become a statistic for the sake of getting done a day or two earlier. Some Safety Tips for Farmers:
• Stay alert. Take breaks — get out of the cab and walk around every few hours.
• Shut down before working on a machine. If the combine becomes clogged, shut off the motor, not just the header, before attempting to unplug it by hand.
• Know where your co-workers are. Visibility is poor around large machinery. Many deaths are the result of bystanders being run over or crushed between machines.
• Never trust hydraulic systems when working under a machine. Always use a safety prop if you must work under a header or other heavy machinery.
• Never step over a rotating PTO. A few extra steps to walk around the tractor isn’t worth losing your life over.
• Never stand on grain that is being moved. Every year people “drown” in grain carts and grain bins that are being emptied.
• Keep grain auger grates and shields in place.
• If you must move machinery on a roadway after dark, have working headlights and flashing front and rear warning lights.
               Bought to you by The Nebline Farm View News/Sept 2005.

FSC Board of Director Tours

Each year Farm Service Cooperative's Board of Directors takes a tour of all facilities.  This gives Directors a chance to look at the condition of FSC’s facilities, equipment, and rolling stock as well as visit with employees.  The Board visited FSC’s south facilities on August 17 and all north facilities on September 7.  Here, as the Directors visited the offices of FSC Computers, Bob Bogler demonstrated one of the new Dell computer systems FSC Computer Division has for sale.  Directors pictured are:  (l to r)  Ed Andersen, Blair Baughman, Gary Hall, President Duane Alff and Ernie Peters.