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Working Safely with Anhydrous Ammonia
Kent McGuire – OSU CFAES Safety and Health Coordinator Many farmers are applying anhydrous ammonia as a part of their spring planting season. Anyone working with anhydrous ammonia should be familiar with the safe use of the product, understand the potenti ...
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Teaching Youth to be Safe Around Livestock
Sabrina Schirtzinger, ANR Educator Knox County Owning and working livestock is the first step to teaching youth responsibilities on the farm. Younger children may not be aware of the dangers that come with this responsibility. ...
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Balancing Your Health and the Spring To-Do List
Richard Purdin, OSU Extension, Adams County ANR/CD Educator The month of May is a busy time on the 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 ...
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Ag Workplace Safety Resources
https://agsafety.osu.edu/programs/cfaes-osha/employee-safety-training-resouces
Safety Training Videos U.S. Agricultural Safety & Health Centers: Safety Videos eXtension.org: Ag Safety & Health Videos University of Wisconsin: Tractor Certification Videos A Tractor Accident Can Happen to Anyone Safety and Grain Quality Managem ...
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Spring Pesticide Safety Reminders
Mary Ann Rose, Director, Pesticide Safety Education Program You probably worked on your sprayer and other major equipment over the winter to gear up for pesticide applications. Have you put any effort into preparing for applicator safety? ...
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Pharmaceutical Waste, National Drug Take Back Campaign
Sarah Noggle, OSU Extension Educator, Agriculture, and Natural Resources, Paulding County What to do with your leftover medication? Many Ohio residents have expired or unused pharmaceutical products in their medicine cabinets and don’t know what to do wit ...
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Agricultural Safety and Health Fact Sheets
https://agsafety.osu.edu/resources/fact-sheets
The OSU Ag. Safety and Health program has a vareity of fact sheets available for use. To see a list of the fact sheets, please click on the links below. http://ohioline.osu.edu/tags/safety The fact sheets are available online through the OhioLine webs ...
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Safe Measures Around the Post-Hole Digger = More Fence Built This Spring
Richard Purdin, ANR/CD Educator Adams County A common tool used on the farm is a tractor mounted post-hole auger/digger. A tractor mounted post-hole digger can reduce time and labor when building large stretches of fence. ...
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OSU Ag Safety & Health YouTube videos
https://agsafety.osu.edu/youtube-videos
Here are YouTube Videos that feature programs or projects of the OSU Ag. Safety and Health program. OSU Students Design and Deliver a New Grain Safety C.A.R.T Confined Space Safety on the Farm ...
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Did you know Ohio ranks 4th in the U.S. for combine fires?
Dee Jepsen, Associate Professor, Agricultural Safety and Health While many combines are parked and inactive over the spring months, a team of Ohio State University students are thinking about fire hazards that occur to these machines while they are harves ...