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  1. Battling Frozen Water for Your Livestock? Learn Ways to Protect Your Water from Freezing.

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/safety-through-seasons-2023/battling-frozen-water-your-livestock-learn-ways-protect-your-water

    heat; but will also attract rodents and hold moisture. Ideas for decreasing water sources from freezing: ... channel heat from the ground below and use insulation to keep the water warm. Add insulation to the ... outside of a water tank even to the water surface to help conserve heat. Take extra care to protect the ...

  2. Summer Days Ahead: Don’t Ignore Heat Stress!

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/safety-through-seasons-2021/summer-days-ahead-don%E2%80%99t-ignore-heat-stress

    Mary Ann Rose, Pesticide Safety Education With the arrival of summer, the risk of heat stress ... increases.  Farmers have an elevated risk of heat stress for obvious reasons – working outdoors.  Activities that ... require protective clothing, such as pesticide application, further increase the risk.    Heat stress is ...

  3. Using Heat Lamps: Proceed with Caution!

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/safety-through-seasons-2021/winter-season/using-heat-lamps-proceed-caution

    for ways to keep their livestock warm. Often livestock owners are in a hurry and think hanging a heat ... lamp will be temporary. In a hurry they quickly hang the heat lamp up in the corner of a stall using ... happen! With any electrical appliance or heating source they need to be used carefully.  If you must use ...

  4. Working in Cold Temperatures

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    for signs. Hypothermia: Body loses heat faster than it can be produced. Symptoms are shivering, ... Feet lose heat due to cold or wetness too long and tissue becomes damaged. Symptoms include swelling ...

  5. Safe Equipment Operation During the Winter

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/safety-through-seasons-2022/safe-equipment-operation-during-winter

    or tire pressure. It is always a good practice to take time and inspect hydraulic and heating and ...

  6. Prevent Combine Fires During Fall Harvest

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/safety-through-seasons-2021/prevent-combine-fires-during-fall-harvest

    start in the engine compartment. Contributing factors for heat sources include faulty wiring, ... over-heated bearings, leaking fuel or hydraulic oil. The dry crop residue makes a ready source for rapid ...

  7. Stay Hydrated this Summer

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/safety-through-seasons-2021/stay-hydrated-summer

    which could cause you to overheat and experience heat stroke or heat exhaustion. These side effects can ...

  8. Staying Safe in the Sun

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/safety-through-seasons-2021/staying-safe-sun

    earth, yet provides just the right amount of heat and light to support life on our planet. The sun plays ...

  9. Take Action Against Combine and Field Fires

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/safety-through-seasons-2021/take-action-against-combine-and-field-fires

    heat sources include faulty wiring, over-heated bearings, leaking fuel or hydraulic oil. The dry crop ...

  10. OSU Ag Safety & Health YouTube videos

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    Health Harvest Roadway Safety Forklift Safety Skid Loader Safety Heat Stress Illness Fueling Safety ...

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