Ag Safety STAT: May 2015

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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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Announcements

  1. Add Safety to your Program!

    Do you offer any educational outreach for a youth audience? Have you thought about adding safety to those outreach efforts like a Farm Safety Day Camp, Ag Awareness, Farmers Breakfast, FFA events, county fairs, school programming?

Machinery Maintenance

  1. ‘Making the Connection’ with a Reliable Hitch Pin

    By Dewey Mann, Research Associate-

Injury Prevention

  1. Protect Your Back as Spring Planting Continues

    By Andy Bauer,  Ohio AgrAbility Educational Program Coordinator-

    Now that spring planting is finishing up and summer work is coming on, we must remember to take care of and protect our backs. Agricultural workers are at a very high risk for back injuries since much of

  2. Recognizing Farm Equipment Hazards

    By: Kent McGuire,  OSU Ag Safety and Health Coordinator-

    In many cases there are multiple pieces of equipment working simultaneously throughout the farm. Today’s equipment is powerful, very efficient and versatile in how it can be used. This includes tractors, tillage