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SPOTLIGHT: Working With Firefighters and EMS on Ways to Bring up RF-DASH to National Program Caliber

SEPTEMBER 2019 The Rural Firefighters Delivering Agriculture Safety and Health (RF-DASH) project, funded by UMASH, is exploring a national program. Due to the project’s popularity and implementation by many rural fire departments in the Midwest, the RF-DASH team decided to conduct a national training pilot to see if the content, tools, and mission …

SPOTLIGHT: Head to Toe (or Hooves)

SEPTEMBER 2019 Dr. Gerard Cramer is one of our colleagues that knows dairy cows well – right down to the hooves. Prior to joining the University of Minnesota – College of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Cramer owned a foot health specific veterinary practice and today his research focuses on figuring out what causes lameness in cows, hoof trimming, …

SPOTLIGHT: Grain Bin Rescue Equipment

AUGUST 2019 Travel around the Upper Midwest and you’ll see that the landscape is dotted with grain bins in all shapes and sizes. These structures house soybeans, corn and other grains grown in the region and are a central part to crop farming. Grain bins can be a dangerous presence on farms with respect to deadly asphyxiation and entrapment. The National …

SPOTLIGHT: One Stop Shop for Wellness and Safety at Minnesota Farmfest

AUGUST 2019 Being efficient is key to getting jobs done on the farm. Farm Bureau Financial Services and UMASH understand this need and encourage farmers to be safe and healthy at the same time. New to Farmfest this year is the Farm Bureau Financial Services Wellness and Safety Pavilion. It is a one stop shop to learn from over 25 exhibitors on …

SPOTLIGHT: SAY What?

JULY 2019 Teaching agriculture today is more diverse than ever from biosecurity standards to hearing protection to business management, teachers have much to accomplish in the classroom. Read on to learn more about this organization designed to help teachers prepare students for sound agriculture safety and health practices on and off the farm. Linda …

SPOTLIGHT: The Multiplier Effect – US Ag Centers at Minnesota Farmfest

JULY 2019 The term “multiplier effect” is a term you may be familiar with and one commonly used in the world of economics. UMASH and our neighboring U.S. Agricultural Safety and Health Centers also apply the multiplier effect in the world of safety and health as it relates to reaching farmers, farm families and workers. UMASH and our colleagues …

SPOTLIGHT: In the Interest of Safety

The phrase, “in a split second” is used frequently to describe all types of situations that happen quickly and without time to react, many of which can be life threatening events. …

SPOTLIGHT: Live and Up Close – Farm Safety and Rescue Demonstrations at Minnesota Farmfest

JULY 2019 Seeing something live for the first time can have a big impact. Whether it is a positive or negative occurrence, being present can make a difference in how one may think, feel or react in the future. This is the goal for the Safety and Rescue Demonstrations at Farmfest 2019. Farm Bureau Financial Services and UMASH have collaborated …

SPOTLIGHT: This Little (or Big) Piggy…Moving and Keeping Pigs and People Safe

What comes to mind when you think of pigs? The Three Little Pigs? Miss Piggy? Piglet? Pigs are common and a popular “character” in literature and films. Real live pigs and swine operations are also common in the upper Midwest where they are raised on many farms in Minnesota, the Dakotas, Wisconsin and Iowa. Keeping these operations and the people and pigs involved injury free and healthy is a priority for UMASH. …

SPOTLIGHT: Spreading Agricultural Safety Awareness Globally

JULY 2019 In a time of information overload, being an amplifier and champion for safety is not a small feat to accomplish. Dr. Marcos Grigioni has been able to do that. Not only does he promote occupational safety in his home country of Argentina, he has been able to travel to the United States and attend courses to further his knowledge. This persistent …

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