Perth-Wellington MPP Randy Pettapiece recently recognized Canadian Agricultural Safety Week, speaking out on the importance of safety on the farm.
“When it comes to agriculture, nothing is more important than safety on the farm,” Pettapiece said. “It’s encouraging that the industry has taken this seriously.
“It’s absolutely critical to so many people and their families,” he added.
Many years ago, Pettapiece narrowly escaped serious injury in a PTO, or “power take-off, a device that transfers mechanical power from a tractor to the machine it is pulling.
Lucky to be here
“I’m lucky to be alive,” he said.
“Every year – and it doesn’t seem to change – we hear of the tractor rollovers, entrapment in flowing grain, death from silo gas or manure gas, and PTO accidents,” Barrett said.
