Month: May 2022

Questions

1. What should you do if you smell gas or suspect a leak?
2. True or false: if a powerline falls on your car while you are driving, you should immediately get out of the car and pull the down line off of it.
3. When is the best time to enter a building or structure after a disaster?
4. True or false: it is best to clean up disasters as a team.
5. True or false: if a powerline is down in standing water, it is okay to drive through it.

Answers

1. Leave the structure immediately
2. False
3. Daytime
4. True
5. False

Disaster Clean-Up Safety

General Safety Tips

• Use teams/other people to move heavy or bulky objects
• Pace yourself, often times clean-up jobs can be rather large
• Take precautions when operating a chainsaw
• Stay safe in hot weather, drink plenty of water

Potential Hazards

• Stay away from damaged buildings or structures until they are deemed safe for entry.
• Wait until daylight to enter any building or structure.
• If you smell gas or suspect a leak, leave the structure immediately and call the local authorities.
• Never touch a fallen power line. Call the power company to report fallen power lines.
• Avoid contact with overhead power lines during cleanup and other activities.
• Do not drive through standing water if downed power lines are in the water.
• If a power line falls across your car while you are driving, stay inside the vehicle and continue to drive away from the line. If the engine stalls, do not turn off the ignition. Warn people not to touch the car or the line. Call or ask someone to call the local utility company and emergency services.

Information courtesy of the CDC

Ag Injury News Report

4/20/2022: Fatal tractor accident in Texas County
4/15/2022: Slater man seriously injured when he drives his truck into the side of a tractor
4/1/2022: N.S. man, 40, dies following farm tractor incident: police
3/30/2022: Three-year-old dead after being hit by pickup truck on Manitoba farm
3/16/2022: Basco man found dead in grain bin in Sutter
3/9/2022: Man trapped in grain silo rescued as several crews converge at NWI farm
3/7/2022: Driver in critical condition following crash between tractor, van