Search: AGRICULTURE SAFETY
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Surviving a PTO Entanglement
Southeast Regional Ag News
We can all preach ag safety. You can reiterate the lessons to your kids and personnel. But until you’re in that moment of slow motion when something is going wrong, it’s hard to connect.
Ag Safety Wake-Up Call
Southeast Regional Ag News
Purdue recently released their 2022 summary of accidents involving agricultural confined space-related injuries and deaths. They report that, overall, they saw a 40% increase.
Tackling the Topic of Sunscreen
Southeast Regional Ag News
By career, Dr. Ashley Sturgeon is a dermatologist. By lifestyle, she is the wife of a cotton farmer who’s learned some tips and tricks about being safe in the farm world.
National Farmers Union Offers Farm Bill Testimony
Line on Agriculture
National Farmers Union Vice President of Advocacy, Mike Stranz
Think F.A.S.T in Keeping Farm Kids Safe
Southeast Regional Ag News
Each year approximately 100,000 children under 20 years of age are injured on farms and over 100 are killed.
Ag Safety Awareness Program Week Underway
Southeast Regional Ag News
March 7-11 is Ag Safety Awareness Program Week. Why the safety spotlight? The latest numbers from the CDC show that in 2019, 410 farmers and farm workers died from a work-related injury resulting in a fatality rate of 19.4 deaths per 100,000 workers.