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More Personal Tractor Stories Preventing Tractor Tragedies
More than 250 people die each year in agricultural tractor-related accidents, making it the leading cause of death and severe injuries in agriculture.
Learn about proven prevention steps for:
• Overturns
• Runovers
• Entanglements
• Collisions
• Child Injuries
Teen Brings Tractor Safety to her Farm Community
A serious power take-off (PTO) entanglement on February 18, 2007, has not side-railed this awesome high school junior. Instead, she is inspired to bring the tractor safety message to her community.
With personal family experiences, her strong can-do spirit, and the clothes she wore that day (see photo right), she delivers a dynamite speech at 4-H and FFA Speech Competitions and to youth groups throughout the State of Iowa.
She continues life in high spirits, active in FFA, 4-H, National Honor Society, school, and her family's cow-calf farm, while facing multiple surgeries and ongoing rehabilitation for her arm. You can read Kristi's own words about what happened that day and her compelling competition speech.
The National Agricultural Tractor Safety Initiative is a collaboration of the CDC/NIOSH-funded Agricultural Safety and Health Centers,
National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety, and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Questions about the Initiative? Contact Steve Reynolds, stephen.reynolds@colostate.edu
Need technical assistance? Contact Stacey Holland, sh3@u.washington.edu
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