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Four Connecticut golfers topped a field of 66 players in a U.S. Open local qualifying event Monday in the Kensington section of Berlin. (Tim Jensen/Patch)
KENSINGTON, CT Four amateur golfers from Connecticut, including a pair of teenagers, bested a field of 30 professionals and 36 amateurs in a U.S. Open local qualifying event Monday at Shuttle Meadow Country Club.
Chris Pieper, an 18-year-old from Woodbury, took medalist honors with a bogey-free 67, which included an eagle and two birdies. Ben James, 17, of Milford took second place with a 69, carding four birdies and a pair of bogeys.
Pat Griffin of the Unionville section of Farmington and Cody Paladino of West Hartford also advanced, tying for third at 1-under par 70. Griffin, 48, recorded a hole-in-one at the 230-yard par-3 15th hole, along with three birdies and four bogeys. Paladino, 32, had a up and down round consisting of five birdies and four bogeys.
18 Children And Teenagers Killed In Accidents Involving Tractors Or Other Farm Machinery In Past Decade
Farming is the consistently deadliest occupation in Ireland.
Tractors and farm machinery have been responsible for 113 deaths since 2011 - accounting for over half of farm fatalities in the period. 18 of those were children and teenagers.
Speaking to RedFM News, Pat Griffin, Senior Inspector with the HSA, says that operators need to be very aware of children and eldery people on farms. Being aware of children and elderly around the farm. Setting out basic rules at the start of the day that children can t be in the workplace, while this is going on, that children can t be getting spins on tractors, and that operators are very aware of children and elderly around the yard.
SHARING OPTIONS:
Contractors argue that tachographs are not a viable option due to the short window in which the silage harvest must take place. \ Philip Doyle
Contractors from around the country have condemned the Health and Safety Authority’s (HSA) suggestion that tachographs in tractors could prevent fatalities during the silage season.
Senior inspector with the HSA Pat Griffin told the
Irish Farmers Journal that a requirement for tractors drawing silage during the summer to be fitted with a tachograph, similar to those in buses and trucks, is worth consideration in the fight to prevent machinery-related fatalities.
Contractors argue that tachographs are not a viable option due to the short window in which the silage harvest must take place.
Image source: Shane Casey
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has stressed that it is not advising or actively proposing the use of tachographs on tractors or other farm vehicles.
Contrary to media reports which have been circulating recently, in a statement to
Agriland today (Thursday, May 6), Pat Griffin, senior inspector with the HSA, said:
“The Health and Safety Authority, while highlighting the continued dangers around the use of farm machinery and vehicles during silage season, is
not advising or actively proposing the use of tachographs on farm vehicles.
“We are, however, advising farmers to take time to plan for a safe silage season,” the senior inspector stressed.