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  1. Avoiding the Emergency Room This Winter

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/safety-through-seasons-2021/winter-season/avoiding-emergency-room-winter

    throw at them. The farm is filled with hazards and risk for slipping and falling.  During winter, this ... loads help you maintain balance and vision. If possible, store tractors, and other farm machinery in ... heavily utilized areas around the farm. Maintain water drainage- make sure rainwater from feedlots, ...

  2. Ohio AgrAbility in Action: Ohio AgrAbility Educational Workshops

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/june-2018/ohio-agrability/ohio-agrability-action-ohio-agrability

    to equipment, facilities or worksites to allow the farmer to continue farming. The second mission of ... you have questions about farming with a disability? What about farming with chronic aches and pains, ... team would like to change that to “The Best-Known Resource for Farming with a Disability”. One of the ...

  3. Safety for On-Farm Grain Storage Facilities

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/october-november-2016/injury-prevention/safety-farm-grain-storage

    activity at on-farm grain handling facilities. Throughout Ohio, on-farm grain storage facilities are being ... them respond more efficiently to your farm. For more information about the OSU Ag Safety visit ... Kent McGuire – OSU Ag Safety and Health Coordinator As we move into late fall, there is a lot of ...

  4. Prevent Combine Fires During Fall Harvest

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/safety-through-seasons-2021/prevent-combine-fires-during-fall-harvest

    harvest crew. Don’t get caught thinking it can never happen on your farm.  Take preventative action and be ...

  5. Conditions In The Bin – Safety While Checking Your Grain

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/december-2017/injury-prevention/conditions-bin-%E2%80%93-safety-while-checking

    Lisa Pfeifer – OSU Ag Safety and Health Education Coordinator As the combine is tucked back in the ... grain farming are located at the bin. Slip, trip, and fall hazards are prevalent. Engulfment can happen ... amputations can happen at the storage facility even after harvest season has been completed. Follow these ...

  6. Balancing Your Health and the Spring To-Do List

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/safety-through-seasons-2021/balancing-your-health-and-spring-do-list

    farm, from making hay to building fence, planting crops, and tending to livestock. For many small and ... medium sized farms these tasks are commonly placed on the shoulders of a few individuals. With less labor ... force available on smaller farms, producers can easily become consumed in the work at hand and forget ...

  7. Respiratory Safety

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/november-2019/respiratory-safety

    Lisa Pfeifer – OSU Ag Safety and Health Education Coordinator Protect yourself, employees, and ... respiratory diseases at https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/aex-591105. Put a box of N-95s in the farm truck ... about the OSU Ag Safety and Health Program or contact Lisa Pfeifer, at pfeifer.6@osu.edu or ...

  8. Staying Safe in the Sun

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/safety-through-seasons-2021/staying-safe-sun

    photosynthesis that enables our crops to grow properly. Sunshine is critical for farm life, but like anything ...

  9. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT – Fire Extinguishers on the Farm

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/fire-safety-edition/emergency-management-%E2%80%93-fire-extinguishers-farm

    Lisa Pfeifer – OSU Ag Safety and Health Education Coordinator Fire extinguishers can often be the ... extinguishers and the location on your farm property. If you come up empty, it is time to do something about the ... fire or contain it until help arrives. The farm environment has no shortage of combustible materials ...

  10. Is your Emergency Action Plan up to Date?

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/february-2016/emergency-management/your-emergency-action-plan-date

    Kent McGuire – OSU Ag Safety and Health Coordinator As we continue to plan for busy spring season, ... traumatic farm injury, or natural disaster being prepared can help reduce the potential for loss of life or ... facilities and relocation areas should they need to be moved.- Identifying confined space areas such as grain ...

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