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  1. National Rural Health Day – November 17th, 2016

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/october-november-2016/announcements/national-rural-health-day-%E2%80%93-november

    The National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) recognizes this day to ... understanding of by setting aside this day. If you would like ideas on how to build a celebration of your own to ... highlight this day in your community click on the NOSORH link to start your brainstorming, ...

  2. Spring Planting Requires Increased Focus on Safety

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/news/spring-planting-requires-increased-focus-safety

      COLUMBUS, Ohio – Working fast to get crops in to beat incoming weather is just one instance in ... which farmers increase their risk of injury, a safety expert with Ohio State University’s College of ... an Ohio State University Extension agricultural health and safety professional. OSU Extension is the ...

  3. Don’t Let Arthritis or Chronic Pain Stop You from Gardening

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/june-2017/ohio-agrability/don%E2%80%99t-let-arthritis-or-chronic-pain-stop-you

    Laura Akgerman – Disability Services Coordinator for Ohio AgrAbility It’s spring, and time to get ... that your pain-free gardening days are over, but they don’t have to be. With a few changes to your ... is just going to make your pain worse, and you could hurt yourself; it’s better to take a few days to ...

  4. Wellness: Exercise and Eat Healthy to Reduce Your Risk of Cancer

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/april-2017/ohio-agrability/wellness-exercise-and-eat-healthy-reduce-your

    Laura Akgerman – Disability Services Coordinator for Ohio AgrAbility April is time for planting ... get moderate exercise at least 30 minutes, 5 days a week. Not sure how hard you have to exercise to ... Most of us are very busy, with little time to prepare three healthy meals a day. Planning your meals ...

  5. Hiring Youth for Seasonal Agricultural Jobs this Summer?

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/june-2017/announcements/hiring-youth-seasonal-agricultural-jobs-summer

    prohibits 14 and 15-year-olds from operating farm tractors and attached powered equipment unless (1) they ...

  6. Employee Emergency Response Training

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/winter-2019/emergency-management/employee-emergency-response-training

    lumped into to the schedule of the first few days or weeks. It is important to get an employee up and ... light of a day. What goes uncovered? More times than not emergency preparedness. It is hard to compete ... with a priority list of chores for the day. Focusing on emergency or disaster response is not ...

  7. Hay and Straw Barn Fires a Real Danger

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/june-2018/emergency-management/hay-and-straw-barn-fires-real-danger

    Jason Hartschuh, Mark Sulc, Sarah Noggle and David Dugan, Ohio State University Extension Guest ... Contributors   We’ve heard of one barn fire here in Ohio this morning and a lot of hay was put up last Thursday ... in the first few days after baling. Internal temperatures of 110° F in the first five days after ...

  8. Ohio AgrAbility in Action: 2019 Farm Science Review – A Review of the Review

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/october-2019/ohio-agrability-action-2019-farm-science-review-%E2%80%93-review

    Laura Akgerman, Disability Services Coordinator, Ohio AgrAbility Project The Ohio AgrAbility ... greet visitors, demonstrate assistive technology and equipment, and talk about Ohio AgrAbility. OAP ... featured a new exhibit area in 2019 – Ohio AgrAbility: A Focus on Livestock, with adapted equipment and ...

  9. Flu Season is Here!

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/october-november-2016/emergency-management/flu-season-here

    children home from school or day care For more information about the flu you can visit the Ohio Department ... the flu, the Ohio Department of Health reminds, is to get a seasonal flu vaccine every year! Some good ... of Health’s website page covering the area at www.odh.ohio.gov/seasonalinfluenza, or the CDC’s flu ...

  10. Overexertion and Fatigue

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/april-2016/injury-prevention/overexertion-and-fatigue

    prevent fatigue the next day. Plan your days out and work smart. For more information contact the Ohio ... Andy Bauer—Ohio AgrAbility Program Educational Coordinator Hopefully, spring weather is finally ... forget about your own health. Overexertion and fatigue are two types of injury that long hard days can ...

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