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Be Safe Around Electricity When Moving Farm Equipment
Grain harvesting combine in a sunny day

With the arrival of harvest time, Indiana’s farmers are shifting into high gear as they move into their fields to bring in crops. All that increased activity puts farmers and farm workers at greater risk, warned Kodi Swafford, Manager of Safety, Compliance, and Training at Hendricks Power Cooperative.

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As harvest season ramps up in Indiana, farmers and their crews are busy moving equipment to and from the fields. This increased activity, however, raises the risk of accidents, especially involving electricity.

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Be Safe Around Electricity When Moving Farm Equipment
Grain harvesting combine in a sunny day

With the arrival of harvest time, Indiana’s farmers are shifting into high gear as they move into their fields to bring in crops. All that increased activity puts farmers and farm workers at greater risk, warned Kodi Swafford, Manager of Safety, Compliance, and Training at Hendricks Power Cooperative.

“Combines and grain augers are large pieces of equipment,” Swafford said. “People assume that everything will fit under the power lines, but that isn’t always the case. The biggest cause of electrocutions on farms is equipment accidentally touching power lines.”

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When winter arrives, Hoosiers are never sure of what to expect. Indiana winters include everything from heavy snows, to freezing rain, to ice storms — sometimes all in one day. All of those forms of winter weather can create electrical hazards, warns Kodi Swafford, Manager of Safety, Training and Compliance of Hendricks Power.

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