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.”