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Hyde County, N.C., farmer Demock Mann holds the auger that drilled through his leg on Feb. 27, 2019, while wife Mary-Beth Mann holds the boot worn on his injured leg. injury incidents can be prevented with safety protocols.
LaMar Grafft prefers to call what happened to Hyde County, N.C., farmer Demock Mann two years ago in his grain bin an “injury incident” rather than an accident because it could have been prevented with precautions in place.
“In the safety field, we don’t like to use the phrase ‘an accident’ because that tells you it couldn’t have been prevented. With safety protocols in place, what happened to Demock could have been prevented,” explains Grafft, associate director of the North Carolina Agromedicine Institute in Greenville.
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Hyde County Extension Agent Andrea Gibbs, left, discusses farm safety with Demock and Mary-Beth Mann at their grain bin in Fairfield. Awareness of the North Carolina Agromedicine Institute is not as high as it should be.
The North Carolina Agromedicine Institute isn’t exactly a best kept secret because many are aware of the group’s work even though it may not be top of mind for farmers looking for help.
Awareness of the North Carolina Agromedicine Institute is not as high as it should be. That’s too bad because it performs much-needed work, offering valuable service to farmers, particularly in the area of farm safety and mental health.
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