How farmers can decrease risk of injury

Every day farmers use dangerous equipment such as tractors, silo-unloaders, augurs, UTV’s, and power-take-offs (PTO’s), with little more than ‘on the job training’. Attention to safety precautions varies widely, depending on personal experience. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2014, twenty-six out of every 100,000 farmers died because of a workplace injury. The…
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North Dakota drivers rank among the nation’s worst

How safe are North Dakota’s roads? You may ask yourself this question as you drive to the grocery store or hit the highway on the way to your parents’ house or school activity. You may look in the mirror at your children asleep in the back seat. You know you will do everything you can…
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