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  1. Balancing Your Health and the Spring To-Do List

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/safety-through-seasons-2021/balancing-your-health-and-spring-do-list

    farm, from making hay to building fence, planting crops, and tending to livestock. For many small and ... force available on smaller farms, producers can easily become consumed in the work at hand and forget ... attitude. Change in eating habits. Depression or lack of communication with others. Weakened immune system. ...

  2. Ag Workplace Safety Resources

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/programs/cfaes-osha/employee-safety-training-resouces

    Accident Can Happen to Anyone Safety and Grain Quality Management by NGFA Harvest Roadway Safety from ... Illinois Farm Bureau   Print Materials OSHA Agricultural Operations webpage (English & Spanish ... versions) OSHA Farm Safety Fact Sheet (pdf) OSHA Youth in Agriculture Dept of Labor: Agricultural ...

  3. Winter’s Indoor Risk: Carbon Monoxide

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/safety-through-seasons-2022/winter%E2%80%99s-indoor-risk-carbon-monoxide

    Carbon Monoxide poisoning is a concern when you are in confined areas and equipment that burns fuel are ... in use.  Carbon Monoxide (CO) as a gas emits no color or odor and is very common in many U.S. homes, ... indoors or in an enclosed space.  Never use gas-powered engine indoors.  Never start or leave running ...

  4. Store Pesticides Safely and Securely

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/safety-through-seasons-2021/store-pesticides-safely-and-securely

    important to prevent harm to unauthorized users.   Protecting farm workers. While in some cases a small farm ... the environment.  Let’s start with people who have no business being in your pesticide storage ... hazardous materials in the workplace, pesticides being just one kind of hazardous substance.  In addition to ...

  5. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT – Fire Extinguishers on the Farm

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/fire-safety-edition/emergency-management-%E2%80%93-fire-extinguishers-farm

    difference in saving a life, piece of machinery, or a structure. Take inventory of the number of fire ... safety of your property. Consider placing extinguishers in the shop, barns, equipment cabs and on the ... baler. When properly maintained and used correctly the safety equipment may be able extinguish a small ...

  6. Stay Safe Watching Aerial Applications Over Farm Fields

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/safety-through-seasons-2021/stay-safe-watching-aerial-applications-over

    in agriculture production to plant seeds for agronomic crops, cover crops and also to apply ... fertilizers and pesticides. Aerial applications, also known as crop dusting, is common in Ohio. It is ... a specialty service for fields that are in their advanced growing stages- where equipment can no longer pass ...

  7. Roadway Transport Safety of Anhydrous Ammonia Tanks

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/safety-through-seasons-2021/roadway-transport-safety-anhydrous-ammonia

    weight of the nurse tank. This will assist the operator in maintaining control minimizing the risk of ... protect the transporter and the public. Operator Age—Individuals transporting anhydrous ammonia must be 21 ... highly recommended that the vehicle used to tow the nurse tank be at least equal in weight to the gross ...

  8. Thoughtful Gifts for the Season

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/december-2019/thoughtful-gifts-season

    implement. For the vehicles, consider a small first aid kit, emergency kit, or long handled snow brush. Don’t ... have been involved in a crash or had a significant impact from being dropped or rolled off of a moving ... vehicle, in which case they should be replaced immediately. Welding helmets and gloves make great additions ...

  9. Working in Cold Temperatures

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/safety-through-seasons-2022/working-cold-temperatures

    are more deaths in the United States due to cold weather exposure (hypothermia) than hot weather ... exposure (hyperthermia) each year.  The CDC has also tracked an average of 1,300 deaths per year in the US ... due to hypothermia.  Many jobs are affected little with the change in temperature outside, but others ...

  10. Educational Resources

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/resources

    ten-minute educational DVD provides instruction on safe operating procedures and proper protective gear when ... using ATVs to complete various agricultural tasks. Some of the specific tasks reviewed in this video ... audience for this video is individuals who operate or want to learn safe operating procedure for ATV/UTVs ...

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