Ten - Year Old Dies on Forklift

[sumdumguy]

At Killam, AB. According to Western Producer a 10, yes a ten year old driving a forklift ON A ROAD, forklift hits ditch and overturns, go figure. Kids operate farm equipment all the time in a yard, by the barn, in a hay field, but please people realize that where there are ditches, the dangers are magnified. Two young fellows died at Eastend, I think a year or two ago where a baler rolled off the road into a ditch.

[mcfarms]

Move along nothing to see here according to Rachel Notley just a hutterite life, their exempt from Bill 6. Truth is the NDP figured out the bill has no chance of surviving if colonies are included. They beat it in court on religious grounds.

[mcfarms]

They would beat it that is.

[TOM4CWB]

SDG,

This young fellow had been doing these chores for months... every Saturday he would drive over to the Hog Barn... stack up the empty pallets... do his work.. and then take the forklift back to the shop when he was done. Ditches looked normal to me when I visited this farm... I did not see anything out of the ordinary.

This is a sad fact of life... with 20/20 hindsight... we can all see how an accident happened... and how it could have been prevented. Just like highway accidents.

On the way back from recieving the guys body from the coroner[who did a full investigation to determine cause of death]... the family sadly had another accident... they hit a moose. In the evening... in a blinding snow storm... gladly no one was seriously hurt.

But in the accident report with the van...AB Fish and Wildlife has alerted that a Moose had been hit and possibly hurt.

So my neighbour... instead of helping with the wake... spent a good part of the rest of that night...

Wandering around...Out in a horrid Blinding Snow Storm...

Trying to locate a possible injured Moose...

Because ABFish and Wildlife was more concerned about that moose... than the family funeral...

By the grace of God... there was NOT another accident... they did NOT find the moose...

But the irony of the safetyrisks involved are many... Gov people... risking my friends lives... in a very high risk situation...

perhaps AB Fish and Wildlife... could have quietly done their own work... the next morning... with out endangering peoples lives... And allowed this family and community to bury their son and friend in peace.

BTW,

The ABHutterie Community was extensively involved in the ABAG 'Farmsafe' Pilot program before the May 2015 election...in all parts of Alberta... and there safety officers were well informed and very good people looking to make their farms safer... and offering very good safety suggestions.

The rest of the story...

[wmoebis]

Is it not against highway traffic law to operate equipment on roadway under the age of 14?
Has any farmer been charged under Highway Act for any infraction whether causes accident or not?

Big can of worms maybe just got opened.

[bucket]

I bet religion doesn't come into play when they get farm program payments.

They gladly accept them on behalf of the bethren.

[wmoebis]

Tom, trying to find link to the Farmsafe you talk about. Can you help?

[TOM4CWB]

FYI
The Farm Accident occurred on a Private road... South of Lougheed... in the farm yard between the Hog Barn and the farm Shop... NOT on a public Highway.

[ajl]

Yeah a ten year old on a forklift on a public road. OHS has a case here but the Huts are a politically favoured group so regulation for the little people don't apply there. No religious objection to program payments. (Good one bucket) As far as a neighbor tracking the injured moose: he wasn't doing it for free. If it wan't time and a half it would have waited till morning.

[TOM4CWB]

WM

I hope the content of this e-mail [May 14 2015] helps with the flavour and info you have requested:

"Safety Training Resources‏

Safety Training Resources
Lindsay Rodriguez (Lindsay.Rodriguez@gov.ab.ca) Add to contacts 14/05/2015
Lindsay.Rodriguez@gov.ab.ca
Good afternoon ,

I am sure you are all very busy with spring activities - I hope everything is running smoothly and safely!

You may have some new employees on the farm this spring so I thought it would be a good idea to pass on some safety training information. ARD has recently purchased several training courses through the Canadian Ag Safety Association that are available on loan to borrow for your employee safety training:



· Seasonal Agricultural Worker Health and Safety Orientation

· Confined Spaces Entry Awareness

· Safety and Health Orientation for Dairy Barn Workers

The courses come with an instructors manual and a power point presentation for ease of use. Not only are you able to access these training resources free of charge, but you can do it on-farm saving time and travel for you and your employees.

A further four courses are available for use by an instructor with safety expertise:



· ATV Safety Awareness for Agricultural Work

· Tractor and Farm Machinery Safety Orientation

· Low Stress Cattle Handling

· Conducting On-Farm Health and Safety Inspections

Farm owners can refer to the ARD Farm Safety Directory at www.agriculture.gov.ab.ca for a list of safety instructors with agriculture experience. It might be a good idea to work with a community or commodity organization to host the training or bring several farms together to share the cost of hiring an instructor.

Last but not least I want to let you know about two online training courses available for you:

· WHMIS 2015 for Workers at http://ccohs.ca/products/courses/whmis_workers/&print=true Available FREE!

· Various ag safety courses at http://casa-acsa.ca/training FREE until May 31st!

If you have any questions about these courses or anything else you need for your safety plan, please don’t hesitate to give me a call,

Laurel Aitken

Farm Safety Coordinator,

Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development,

6547 Sparrow Dr, Leduc"

Clearly we strive for a safe, Common Sense... farm work environment... here in Alberta.

Regulatory overreach... excluded... please.

[farmaholic]

Roll cage and safety belt?

[Oliver88]

Why did the editor of the story in the WESTERN PRODUCER not mention this road was on private property?

Or is the Western Producer trying to grab attention?

[pourfarmer]

They're exempt because they don't have 'payed' employees?

[TOM4CWB]

Farmaholic,

How often do you wear the safety belt in your tractor... when doing farm work in your farm yard?

We had this EXACT discussion on our farm... few people do wear them.

How many people get killed on ATV/Snowmobile/Horse accidents... that are just as much farm accidents as this one was?

[agstar77]

Does it matter? Public Road or not, why is a 10 year old operating a forklift?