Agritourism: The Next Frontier in Agriculture
Agritourism can be a great way to add supplemental income to your farm but it does come with an additional set of responsibilities. If you are currently running an agritourismRead More
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Staying Cool in Your Region’s Heat: How to manage, identify, and reduce heat illnesses and sun exposure
This session will include information on heat exposure, ways to reduce the chances of experiencing heat related illness, sun exposure, safety, and identification of aspects that can be screened asRead More
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Addressing the Epidemic of ATV Injuries and Deaths: Safety Training Materials and Educational Demonstrations
ATVs are used in agriculture as a substitute for pick-up trucks, horses, and just moving about. In 2015, there were 340 deaths and over 97,000 injuries reported involving ATVs thatRead More
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Respiratory Protection Program Adapted to Grain Handling Operations
The OSHA respiratory standard requires a written respiratory protection program for situations in which permissible exposure levels (PELs) of airborne contaminants could be exceeded or when the employer requires useRead More
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Increasing the Use of Hearing Protection Among Farmers: Best Practices
Farm operators, as well as farm youth, experience frequent exposure to high noise and have among the highest rates of hearing loss among all categories of workers. Additionally, noise exposureRead More
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Allergic and Non-allergic Respiratory Disease in Farmers
The goal of the webinar is to inform health care providers of farmers and farming exposed workers on the allergic and non-allergic respiratory diseases commonplace to this type of environment.Read More
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Confined Space – Grain Bin Entry
The Confined Space Grain Safety program is intended for workers and managers in agriculture. This includes Coop's, farm operators, employees, and agriculture business owners. The major focus of the programRead More
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Understanding Agricultural Respiratory Hazards and Respirator Selection
This presentation takes a practical look at the exemption status, how it is defined and where it affects various segments of production agriculture. This program is designed for workers inRead More
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Prevention of Grain Dust Explosions
This Grain Safety program is intended for workers and managers in the grain industry including grain elevators, farm operators and workers, grain haulers, and agriculture business owners. The major focusRead More
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Winter Farm Flood Health Threats: Risk Factors During Recovery
This presentation will highlight basic precautions to prevent possible diseases and injuries during and after flooding. Floodwater can be contaminated by pollutants including sewage, human and animal feces, pesticides andRead More
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Understanding the Tractor Factor
Agricultural tractors have traditionally been a leading cause of fatal and nonfatal injuries on and around farms and ranches. this webinar will cover the basic hazards associated with agricultural tractorsRead More
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Agricultural All-Terrain Vehicle Safety
All-terrain vehicle (ATV) crashes are one of the leading causes of death and injuries in the agriculture industry in the United States. In this presentation, we will evaluate the currentRead More