Device helps prevent injuries | Portable transmitters help alignment, reduce time out of cab
FARGO — If it’s a good day and everything is going just right, a semi-truck driver still needs to get out of the cab three times. “That’s three times a guy exposes himself to risk,” said Larry Mosbrucker, inventor of the Stop Sensor device for lining up hopper gates with the exact dump point. “If […] Read moreTag Archives Safety — page 2
GM labelling unnecessary; focus must be safety, health
California, the birthplace of so many trends, is at it again with a proposal on this fall’s ballot for mandatory labels on genetically modified food. The California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act will appear on voter ballots as Proposition 37 in the Nov. 6 U.S. elections, which among other things will also choose […] Read more
Maintaining your most important machines
It’s important to stay alert when working on machinery that could eat you up and spit you out in a fraction of a second. I was standing beside a combine once and saw the operator’s manual slowly slide off the header and into the feederhouse. I turned my head as quick as I could but […] Read more
Emergency planning key to averting disasters on farms
A grass fire burned precariously close to the edge of Larson Custom Feeders near Fort Macleod, Alberta., January 4, 2012. With cattle in the pens and the fire whipped by high winds, there was no time for workers to move the animals. A firebreak and action by responding fire departments averted disaster, but what can […] Read more
