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Banff Pork Seminar awards Aherne Innovation Prize


Innovative safety bracelet grip control for power washers in the barn wins the top award this year.
Jan 11, 2021
A Quebec pork industry employee, Martin Gosselin of Saint-Isidore, Quebec, is the winner of the F X Aherne Prize for Innovative Pork Production at the 2021 Banff Pork Seminar. The award was presented Jan. 7, 2021 by Ben Willing, University of Alberta professor and chair of the awards committee. 
Gosselin, who works with the Quebec-based feed company Agri-Marche, won his award for an innovative “safety bracelet” grip control for power washers in the barn.  Power washers require enormous force and the repetitive effort required by workers to control them can lead to a range of occupational health issues for workers.

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