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Click Here for Webinar  Farms and ranches are great places to live, work and play, and there are numerous benefits to growing up on them. However, agricultural worksites are among the most dangerous in the U.S., resulting in numerous injuries and fatalities to youth. For working youth, too many of these injuries and deaths are […]

View: Webinar Falls and electricity are some of the most common types of hazards encountered in agriculture. This session introduces free materials that can be used to educate others about these hazards. While these materials are ideal for school agricultural classes, the curriculum, including optional interactive activities, also work well for community education. In this […]

View: Webinar Keeping children safe while they live, play and work on farms can be challenging. It’s even more difficult during harvest season, a peak time for agricultural injuries.  

Learning to Use the “Stand T.A.L.L.” Instructional Materials: A train the trainer webinar View: Webinar This “Train the Trainer” webinar will enable agricultural instructors, community members, safety professionals and others with an interest in agricultural safety to use the “Stand T.A.L.L.” instructional materials. The webinar explores the various components of the curriculum, including PowerPoint presentations, […]

Child Development and Tractor Operation:How Children Change as They Grow Older View: Webinar

“Keep Kids Away from Tractors” webinar slides Presenters: Barbara Lee, Ph.D., Director, and Marsha Salzwedel, M.S., Agricultural Youth Safety Specialist, National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety Co-Sponsored by AgriSafe and the Childhood Agricultural Safety Network (CASN)

Viewers can learn how to use the eXtension.org system www.extension.org to find, disseminate and contribute Agricultural Safety and Health (ASH) information, presented by Aaron M. Yoder, PhD, Extension Safety Associate and Instructor, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Penn State Agricultural Safety and Health Program and Linda M. Fetzer, MS, Extension Associate at Penn State University. The […]