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Farm Safety Check: Hearing Protection

Hearing loss is permanent and irreversible. October is National Protect Your Hearing Month, and it’s also a time of year farmers are working around combines, dryers, augers, and other equipment with high noise levels that harm hearing without proper protection. …

SPOTLIGHT: Apply the 3E’s for Safer Farming

SEPTEMBER 2018 All too often we read or hear about an injury caused by a piece of farm equipment.  There are more than 700 deaths and 100,000 injuries each year involving ATVs, according to Consumer Product Safety Commission’s (CPSC)* most recent data. The 3E model (Enforcement – Education – Engineering) used by occupational injury specialists …

SPOTLIGHT: Raising the Bar on Tractor Safety

Tractors and farming are nearly one and the same. Unfortunately tractor rollovers can and do occur too often, whether it is on the small hobby farm or in larger production agriculture operations. Tractor rollovers are the single deadliest type of injury incident on farms in the United States. …

FDA SAFETY ALERT: Altrenogest

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting veterinary medical professionals, as well as those who work with horses and pigs, that a synthetic progesterone (hormone) product commonly used in these animals may cause reproductive system disorders and other adverse effects in people who become exposed to the drug. …

Go Big… Go Big Iron

The Big Iron Farm Show was held September 11 - 13, 2018 in Fargo ND. Carol Peterson attended the 3 day event to provide health and safety outreach to this area of the Upper Midwest. …

Farm Safety Check: Stress and Wellness

In farming, there’s a lot out of your control, creating stress that can potentially lead to serious impacts on your well-being. Check in on yourself, employees, or family this month to manage stress and remain resilient. …

(Safe) Fun in the Sun

Before full-fledged summer activities kicked off, Megan Schossow met with Dr. DeAnn Lazovich, Associate Professor and Researcher at University of Minnesota School of Public Health. This meeting marked the kick off a summer sun safety campaign for UMASH. After consulting Lazovich’s expertise in skin cancer while developing a Sun Safety Checklist and …