Ag Safety STAT: May 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
For a printable version please click here.

Announcements

  1. Women’s Tractor Operation and Safety Program

    The program will be held Saturday June 2nd at Brown’s Family Farm Market - 11620 Hamilton Cleves Rd, Hamilton, Ohio. This event empowers women to: • become more comfortable with agricultural equipment • have a greater knowledge of general operation • become more safety minded while operating

  2. New fact sheet: Safety Practices for a Tractor Mounted Post-Hole Digger

    OSU Ag Safety and Health has published a new “Safety Practices for a Tractor Mounted Post-Hole Digger” fact sheet. The fact sheet can be found on Ohioline at: https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/

Safety Resource Spotlight

  1. OSU Ag Safety: Employee Safety

    This web page contains the occupational safety program and safety management materials specifically for OSU College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) employees. In addition, the site serves as an OSU Extension resource on safety and health compliance issues for those

Ohio AgrAbility

  1. Ohio AgrAbility in Action: Becoming an Ohio AgrAbility Client

    Laura Akgerman – Disability Services Coordinator for Ohio AgrAbility:

    Ohio AgrAbility has been called “One of the Best Kept Secrets” in agriculture, and the Ohio AgrAbility team would like to change that to “The Best-Known Resource for Farming with a Disability”. Ohio

Injury Prevention

  1. Who Can Work on Your Farm

    Emily G. Adams -  Ohio State University Extension Educator, Coshocton County, Ohio:

    It won’t be long until hay season will be upon us. For some farms that means more labor than usual is required to get all the jobs done. That labor may include your own

  2. Preventing Falls From Equipment During Spring Planting Season

    Kent McGuire – CFAES Safety and Health Coordinator:

    Finally, warmer spring weather brings better attitudes and a busy start to the spring planting season. Spring planting is a time when farmers and farm workers are continuously moving from one piece of equipment to

Emergency Management

  1. ‘Tis the Season for Funnel Clouds

    Lisa Pfeifer – OSU Ag Safety and Health Education Coordinator:

    It is not uncommon for a storm to brew up quickly at this time of year. Whether you are in the field, on the road, or back at the farmstead being aware of the changes around can allow for appropriate