The Occupational Health and Safety Review Committee has made several recommendations to government regarding the Occupational Health and Safety Act and Regulations. Formation of a Farm Health and Safety Advisory Council under the Act is also included in the recommendations. But, as important as that accomplishment is, safety should be foremost in the minds of growers . Whether it was the difficult harvest or simply the fact that accidents are going to happen, there were too many accidents within the agriculture industry on PEI this year. Loss of life, loss of limb and injury to fingers cannot be experienced without asking why.
Farmers have to see or feel it to make an accident real.
Ms. Alderman asked her neighbour, a farmer for 30 years, to help her with her speech. He told her he was pretty lucky in that he never had a farm safety issue to deal with on their farm. She asked him about the time he fell from a silo, was unconscious for a period of time, hospitalized for three days and badly bruised. Her neighbour did not consider the incident a farm accident because there was no death or loss of limb. This safety message is extremely important.