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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1995
Page
15
Popular Science spotlights a microwave clothes dryer from Electric Power Research Institute in Palo Alto among 1980s tech advances. The piece notes two designs, faster drying with lower energy use and notes broader tech honors in the December issue.
The Iowa I-CASH center warns farm tasks pose high risks to children with 300 youths killed nationwide yearly on farms and 27 000 injured. A three year study seeks guidelines to gauge when kids can safely perform chores and fieldwork, amid reports of eight year olds operating tractors in rural areas.
Walter Long recalls being sucked into a silage bank auger on his family's 400 acre dairy farm two miles southeast of Volga. He suffered multiple injuries including broken bones, a kidney and lung injury, and spent weeks in hospital and a body cast. Now a Simpson College student, he emphasizes how close he came to dying and how the accident reshaped his view on safety.
A Mayo Clinic 1987 study and Successful Farming Magazine 1989 survey show high risk exposure for children on farms. Data reveal grain augers, tractors and power take offs as major hazards with many children allowed near or operating equipment. Parents’ decisions raise safety concerns.
Dr. Timothy Loth of the Iowa Medical Clinic warns of severe injuries from cornhead accidents and urges prevention. The clinic is distributing graphic farm safety stickers to vocational agriculture students to place on equipment, educating about hand entanglement dangers and urging precautions.
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