Ag Safety STAT: January 2018

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Ag Safety S.T.A.T. – Safe Tactics for Ag Today is an electronic newsletter prepared by team members from the OSU Extension Agricultural Safety & Health Office. The goal is to provide seasonal safety news and activities that may be re-published in your own newsletters or programs. If you have safety-related questions or program ideas that you would like to share, please contact Dee Jepsen at jepsen.4@osu.edu
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Thoughts from the Editor

  1. Staying Safe While Staying Warm: Heating Safety Considerations

    Dee Jepsen – State Agricultural Safety and Health Leader:

    Staying warm during the winter months is important for outdoor workers. Popular heating sources in barns and farm shops include furnaces, wood stoves, portable space heaters, and heat lamps. Each source has its

Safety Resource Spotlight

  1. eXtension.org: Ag Safety and Health

    This website contains research-based information from America's land-grant universities. The Ag Safety
    and Health section houses a variety training resources, safety videos, and pre-recorded webinars. More information can be found by clicking on:

Ohio AgrAbility

  1. Ohio AgrAbility in Action: Replacing Grain Bin Ladders with Stairs

    Laura Akgerman – Disability Services Coordinator for Ohio AgrAbility:

    Many farmers have grain bins, and have climbed the ladders up and down the grain bins for years, in all weather, without injury or trouble. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” could be

Injury Prevention

  1. Minimize Risk of Injuries in Winter Working Conditions

    Kent McGuire – OSU Ag Safety and Health Coordinator:

    As we progress further into winter with bitter cold temperatures and the potential for freezing rain or significant snowfall amounts, there is still work to be done around the farm or agri-business.  Layered clothing is a

  2. Baby, It’s Cold Outside

    Lisa Pfeifer – OSU Ag Safety and Health Education Coordinator:

    Those Dean Martin lyrics have become an earworm by the close of the winter holiday season every year, but they sure rang true this year in Ohio for the final weeks of 2017. Ohio farmers who had to be out in