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Deliver Your Hay to the Market Safely
https://agsafety.osu.edu/safety-through-seasons-2022/deliver-your-hay-market-safely
operations cover multiple farm acreage away from the home farm, meaning that traveling state highways, county ... transport to the market. It is hard enough to load the hay once, but it is even harder to load the hay ... read and check tire pressure to know the weight bearing capacity of the trailer tires. It might be ...
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Roadway Safety During Crop Scouting Activities
Dee Jepsen, Professor and State Agricultural Safety Leader Taking a drive through the countryside ... attention towards safety and roadway courtesy. For agronomists employed with an agricultural business, it ... signage. Roadway safety for agronomist scouts is an important component to keep injuries low and property ...
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Have No Fear..Honey Bee Swarms are Near
a hive, it becomes crowded. The bees instinctively begin to nurture a new queen while preparing for the ... scouts report back and signal that they have located a suitable new home. While the honey bees wait, the ... swarm can be collected and relocated. If the swarm is not collected and left alone, it will move on once ...
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CDL Update
https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/safety-through-seasons-2022/cdl-update
metal and dirt. Take caution when hauling equipment. If it is a piece that could have non-farm uses, ... Amanda Douridas, ANR Educator Madison County OSU Extension recently hosted State Highway Patrol ... $4,000-6,000. For example, Clark State College runs Monday – Friday 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. for 4 weeks and costs ...
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When the Rain Won’t Let Up
Health, Safety, and Prevention. (2nd ed.). Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons. Edenfield, T. M., & ... 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 ...
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Safe Equipment Operation During the Winter
exception. When it comes to winter injuries on the farm slipping on ice, frost bite, snow blindness or back ... Richard Purdin, OSU Extension, Adams County ANR/CD Educator When winter weather strikes it can ... injuries due to shoveling snow might come to mind. This article will cover yet another area of concern ...
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Working in Cold Temperatures
and injuries will occur. It is important to know the symptoms so you can watch yourself and others ... warm and dry. Cold weather injuries are preventable. Take the time to make the necessary plans for ... a few months. It is interesting to note that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) documents that there ...
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How to schedule the GRAIN C.A.R.T.?
https://agsafety.osu.edu/grain-cart/scheduling
following questions to help enhance the quality of your program. 1a. Are you interested in a GRAIN SAFETY ... AWARENESS and TRAINING to your local community? You could hold the awareness program one ... day and then the training program could take place the following day. 3. Do you have access to 200-250 ...
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Grain Bin Safety Week: Safety Assessment Questions
and communicate it. Stay safe. For more information about OSU Ag Safety, visit ... Lisa Pfeifer – Educational Program Manager, Ag Safety and Health Program Preparedness is a concept ... deep in grain and could not move? Would that person know what to do and how to do it? Is there any ...
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Winter’s Indoor Risk: Carbon Monoxide
leaks, or loose connections. Warm up our vehicles in open spaces, either open the garage door or outside ... provided by the OSU Extension Agricultural Safety and Health Team, https://agsafety.osu.edu/. Sources: ... Nationwide Ag Insight Center. (n.d). Use these tips to help avoid and recognize the symptoms of carbon ...