Tag: farm safety
Mark equipment, buggies for safety
Make sure farm equipment, buggies and other slow-moving vehicles are properly marked when driving them on the road.
Families must use caution on farm
With more children at home during the day when farm work is being done, families need to be extra cautious in practicing farm safety.
Tips to help prevent winter barn fires
One big thing to think about and inspect as you prepare for winter, are potential fire hazards in your barn. Learn how you can prevent winter barn fires.
Practicing safety around livestock
Always be aware of the behavior of animals around you. Assess their flight zone and note the look in their eyes.
Farm safety event draws a crowd in Mercer County
Farm safety, dairy cows and ice cream drew in dozens at Penn State Extension's Farm Safety Twilight tour at Irishtown Acres dairy farm.
Farm safety event planned at Mercer County dairy
Penn State Extension is hosting a Farm Safety Twilight tour, from 7-9 p.m., July 11 at Irishtown Acres, 902 Springfield Church Road, Grove City.
Those corn boxes can be hazardous for children
An increasingly popular agritourism activity, providing corn or other grains for children to play in, raises safety concerns.
Learn to help prevent farm injuries among children
An interactive workshop focusing on child agricultural injury prevention in the Eastern United States will take place March 28-29 at Hershey Lodge, Hershey.
Thirty years later, tractor rollover survivor still thankful
Seneca County farmer is thankful for the last 30 years of life, even though he still lives with pain and memories from that fearful day.
Farm safety: Protecting our oldest and youngest
Every day, a routine farm task — one someone has possibly done “a thousand times” — turns into a farm accident because we just don’t think the unthinkable will ever happen to us.
