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A gas monitor with remote sampling enables measurements to be taken by workers located safely outside the storage facility.

Learn about when a person is discovered unresponsive in a manure storage pit and the best management practices farmers can take to avoid an emergency on their farm.

Penn State's Extension Ag Safety & Health program produces annual summaries of Pennsylvania's farm fatalities. These summaries can help identify hazards and risks associated with production agriculture with a goal of mitigating those sources.

There are approximately 10,000 mower injuries to children/youth each year, and about 5% of those injuries result in an amputation.

Learn about the our Ag Safety demonstrations and lesson plans that are available to educators. These demos are an excellent teaching tool for youth and adults about Ag Safety on the farm.

Many farm people have never stopped and actually analyzed why animals behave as they do and, more importantly, what this behavior may mean to their own personal safety.

A trailer mounted tractor cab equipped with hydraulic lift. A simulation of tractor operation on slope up to 30 degrees. Participants are interviewed as to their perception of slope angle.

Intended for adult workers this table top demo is designed to provide a hands‐on, life‐like PTO entanglement scenario. Reaction time is measured in relationship to the speed of a turning PTO shaft.

Targeted to youth ages 8 to 16, the Mr. Egg Demo provides understanding of the center of gravity, stability baseline, the value of ROPS, and factors leading to tractor rollovers.

This demo focuses on: center of gravity, and stability baseline of a tractor, skid steer, and ATV. The demo can lead to discussions of tractor, skid steer, or ATV rollover incidents.

This demonstration is for adult workers. Using the Head, Eye, and Foot Protection Demonstration helps illustrate the value of choosing the proper personal protective equipment.

This demonstration is aimed at adult workers. The Corn Picker Hazard Simulator presents a simulation of a clogged corn picker or forage harvester in operation.

This Demo will show many sources of farm hazards. Discussion of hazard prevention, developing a strategy to deal with potential hazards, and responding to injuries or fatalities from farm hazards.

The ATV Stability Simulator is an interactive safety education simulator appropriate for all audiences age 8 and over.

AgrAbility is a project designed to assist agricultural workers with disabilities or long-term health conditions by providing the resources they need to continue in production agriculture.

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 not only impacts animals, but it can also impact human health and wellbeing. This article provides information should an H5N1 outbreak occur on a dairy or poultry farm.

The Penn State Agricultural Safety and Health Program is surveying the agricultural community to help shape its future programming.

The weather is something that people working in agriculture are used to dealing with. Planning for potential major weather events and quick action during the storm can make the difference between life and death for people and livestock.

Demo of how flowing grain causes grain bin entrapments. Discussion on prevention of entrapment and first‐on‐the scene emergency response.

No other farm machine is so identified with the hazards of production agriculture as the tractor.

Aligns with following AFNR standard(s): CS.03 and PST.02. The manual developed by Penn State to assist instructors to organize and conduct a hands-on safety tractor driving workshop.

With harvest season comes an increase in grain handling and storage. Each year, lost-time work incidents and fatalities are reported from grain-related incidents, so it is important to keep proper safety practices the highest priority.

Aligns with the following AFNR Standard(s): CS.03 and PST.02.

Aligns with the following AFNR Standard(s): CS.03 and PST.02.

Aligns with the following AFNR Standard(s): CS.03, AS.02, and PS.03: Low Alignment.