Objectives |
Youth will:
- increase their understanding of farm hazards that can cause injury or illness to farm
workers.
- improve their knowledge of the use of personal protective equipment.
(Note: This chapter includes the 4 hour requirement for general farm safety. A variety
of topics may be addressed as determined by individual programs. Some possible topics
include: animal handling safety, farmstead equipment safety, ATV safety as related to farm
use, pesticide safety as related to worker protection; first aid; fire safety, electrical
safety, grain bin safety, silo safety, manure storage safety, etc.
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Resource Materials |
Safe Operation of Agricultural Equipment, student manual
Farm Hazard Inspection Checklist, UWEX Publication A3619
Examples of personal protective equipment
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Video Resources |
"Farmstead Safety", Agricultural Equipment Operator Safety Series, Iowa
State University Extension Service
Youth and Dairy Cattle - A Safe Partnership, Livestock Conservation Institute
Ten Steps to First Care , Wisconsin Farm Bureau
ATV Safety on the Farm, The Ohio State University Extension
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Activity Ideas |
- Take a field trip to the farm and conduct a farm hazard inspection using the Farm Hazard
Inspection Checklist.
- Invite a veterinarian to discuss safe animal handling procedures.
- Invite a representative from the local electrical utility to explain electrical safety.
(If available, also ask them to do a high voltage powerline demonstration.)
- Invite a Department of Natural Resources (DNR) ATV instructor to discuss ATV safety as
related to farm use.
- Provide training in first-aid or how to respond in case of a farm accident. Local
Emergency Medical Technicians or American Red Cross personnel can provide training.
- Explain the different classes of fires and the type of fire extinguishers to use with
each. (Refer to (page 46 in student manual). Demonstrate the use of a fire extinguisher.
Some local fire departments provide assistance and use of extinguishers.
- Bring in a variety of personal protective equipment and demonstrate its use.
- Discuss silo gas and manure gas.
- Use a toy gravity wagon to demonstrate how individuals can suffocate in flowing grain.
Discuss causes of suffocation in grain bins.
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Checksheet Answers |
Answer true or false.
- False (page 99)
- True (page 99)
- False (page 99)
- True (page 100)
- True (page 101)
Answer the following by placing the letter of the correct
answer in the blank.
- A,B,C (page 101)
- A (page 102-103)
- A (page 103)
- A,C (page 102)
- B,C (page 101)
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