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Stay Safe Making Hay When the Sun Shines
recommended to avoid lung damage or irritation. Prevent Injury Follow and maintain safety signals on ... rather than trying to harvest the whole crop in one week. Protect yourself It is a good practice to drink ... cleaning routinely, being sure to replace all safety shields following maintenance. Have a fire ...
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Summer Days Ahead: Don’t Ignore Heat Stress!
injuries. Protect yourself, your family and farm workers by implementing preventive measures and knowing the ... www.osha.gov/sites/default/files/2019-03/trainer_guide.pdf Mary Ann Rose, Director, Pesticide Safety Education Program can be reached at (614) 292-4070 or ... Mary Ann Rose, Pesticide Safety Education With the arrival of summer, the risk of heat stress ...
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Springtime on Rural Roads
Ag Safety & Health, Farm Fatality and Injury Database for Ohio). Of these tractor related ... Public Safety, Ohio Traffic Crash Facts). Of these 380 incidents, 3 resulted in fatalities and 99 ... resulted in injuries. While this total is down significantly from 2019 when there were 462 crashes, this ...
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Teaching Youth to be Safe Around Livestock
with this responsibility. As parents it is our duty to teach our children the proper ways to work with ... animals to ensure safety. Begin with the basics: Clean, Working Facilities Barns should be free of ... tripping hazards and cluttered areas to decrease the risk of injury. Fences, gates, alleyways, and panels ...
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Pharmaceutical Waste, National Drug Take Back Campaign
pharmaceutical drop-off. The National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day addresses a crucial public safety and ... resources. The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Take-Back Day events provide an ... date as the official National Drug Take Back day, many locations across the state will have other dates ...
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Working Safely with Anhydrous Ammonia
Kent McGuire – OSU CFAES Safety and Health Coordinator Many farmers are applying anhydrous ammonia ... with the safe use of the product, understand the potential for injury and know how to respond to an ... https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/aex-594 Kent McGuire, OSU CFAES Safety and Health Coordinator, can be reached at 614-292-0588 or ...
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One Question Could Save Someone’s Life
aware that warm weather is inching toward Ohio, it is also Mental Health Awareness month. May is a time ... when this training on one question could save someone’s life. This column is provided by the OSU ... Extension Agricultural Safety and Health Team, https://agsafety.osu.edu/. ...
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Dee Jepsen, PhD
https://agsafety.osu.edu/people/dee-jepsen-phd
Safety * 2011 Sun Safety/ Skin Cancer Prevention NACAA Communications Award, National Finalist: * 2019 ... AgSafety & Health Facebook page * 2009 First Place State Newsletter, AgS.T.A.T. (Safe Tactics for ... Dee Jepsen, PhD State Agricultural Safety and Health Leader, Professor Agricultural Engineering ...
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Spring Pesticide Safety Reminders
Mary Ann Rose, Director, Pesticide Safety Education Program You probably worked on your sprayer ... effort into preparing for applicator safety? Here are some questions to ask yourself in preparation for ... not protect you from pesticides – they absorb chemical and hold it close to your skin! Read labels ...
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Safe Measures Around the Post-Hole Digger = More Fence Built This Spring
take off (PTO) operated and hydraulic flow operated. It is important to use caution and follow safety ... steps to avoid injury or fatality when working with equipment with moving parts or a power take off ... (PTO) or hydraulic system. Prevention Measures Read the operator’s manual for proper operating ...