Ag Safety STAT: Safety Through the Seasons 2022

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Ag Safety S.T.A.T. – Safe Tactics for Ag Today is prepared by the OSU Extension Agricultural Safety & Health Team. 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.

Spring Season

  1. Deliver Your Hay to the Market Safely

    Load of hay ready to transport.

    Richard Purdin, OSU Extension, Adams County ANR/CD Educator

    Spring 2022 has been a wet spring and forage producers have had a challenge to harvest forage crops at the proper timing to capture quality. With all the delays farmers have still managed to harvest their hay

  2. Have No Fear..Honey Bee Swarms are Near

    Beth Scheckelhoff, ANR Educator Putnam County

    Honey bee swarms are common this time of year. They often go unnoticed because swarms do not stick around for very long, usually one to three days at most. A honey bee swarm is a natural process of one hive splitting into two

  3. Roadway Safety During Crop Scouting Activities

    Dee Jepsen, Professor and State Agricultural Safety Leader

    Taking a drive through the countryside can be an enjoyable leisure activity. When you drive as part of your job, it takes on additional attention towards safety and roadway courtesy. For agronomists employed with

  4. CDL Update

    Amanda Douridas, ANR Educator Madison County

    OSU Extension recently hosted State Highway Patrol officers and a local Sheriff’s Department to discuss the recent CDL changes and answer general farm hauling questions for a program offered jointly to Delaware, Madison, and

  5. When the Rain Won’t Let Up

    Bridget Britton, Behavioral Health Field Specialist

    Each morning when waking up recently it feels as though we look out the window and it is either raining or has rained overnight. Farmers are natural meteorologists and are in tune with what is going on with the weather

Winter Season

  1. Winter’s Indoor Risk: Carbon Monoxide

    Sabrina Schirtzinger, ANR Educator Knox County

    With colder temperatures we tend to spend more time indoors. For some winter may be when you clean up your shop/garage, finish a project or start a new one. Carbon Monoxide poisoning is a concern when you are in confined

  2. Grain Bin Safety Week: Safety Assessment Questions

    Lisa Pfeifer – Educational Program Manager, Ag Safety and Health Program

    Preparedness is a concept with which we are all familiar. We learn where and how to exit a building in the event of a fire in grade school and that learning continues to build from there. Grain Bin

  3. Safe Equipment Operation During the Winter

    Tractor steps covered with ice and snow.

    Richard Purdin, OSU Extension, Adams County ANR/CD Educator

    When winter weather strikes it can cause a lot of stress on farmers. Farm equipment is essential in today’s agriculture production setting. Safe operation of farm equipment is important no matter what time of

  4. On Thin Ice? Ice Safety Tips for Outdoor Activities

    Beth Scheckelhoff, ANR Extension Educator Putnam County

    Rivers, lakes, and backyard ponds across Ohio are finally freezing.  While these newly frozen surfaces seem perfect for winter outdoor activities like skating, sledding, ice fishing, or snowmobiling - please

  5. Working in Cold Temperatures

    Warm weather turned to cooler, wet, and muddy weather and now cold weather has arrived to stay for a few months.  It is interesting to note that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) documents that there are more deaths in the United States due to cold weather exposure (hypothermia) t

  6. Willpower: Some Help with New Year’s Resolutions

    Joseph Maiorano, PhD, Family and Consumer Sciences, OSU Extension, Harrison County 

    I imagine that some of you may look forward to something different in 2022. If so, New Year’s resolutions may help you accomplish that goal, but resolutions, sometimes, are easier made