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With spring fieldwork quickly approaching for most Pennsylvania dairy farm families, the Center for Dairy Excellence has released a new video in its farm safety video series. The new video shares tips for avoiding entanglement hazards when working with equipment and machinery. The “Seconds for Your Safety” videos, which are approximately 60 seconds in length, are available to help dairy producers share simple safety reminders with farm employees all year long. The videos are available in both English and Spanish, and they can be watched and shared easily on a computer or cell phone.
The following videos are currently available in both English and Spanish:
- Tips for Avoiding Entanglement Hazards
- Staying Safe Around Animals
- Staying Safe Around Gasses
- Staying Safe Around Electrical Hazards
- Tractor and Truck Rollovers
- Fall Prevention Measures
- Youth on the Farm
- Safety Hazards and Precautions for Horizontal Silos
“The ‘Seconds for Your Safety’ videos are being watched by myself and others on our farm. I think what is most useful on our farm are the facts in the videos which make us aware of the dangers of our occupation. Farmers need to become safer in everything that we do. Hopefully these videos will help us,” said Diane Hartman of Scattered Acres Farm.
The Center also has free sets of farm safety signs available to help producers display important safety reminders throughout their facilities. Six different signs are available in the set, with a sign included in the mix that focuses on biosecurity. English and Spanish are both included on the signs.
To request safety signs to be mailed to you while supplies last, visit www.centerfordairyexcellence.org/farm-safety or call 717-346-0849.
To watch the farm safety video series, visit www.centerfordairyexcellence.org/farm-safety. If you know a dairy producer without Internet access who might benefit from watching the videos or sharing them with farm employees, email Emily Barge at ebarge@centerfordairyexcellence.org or call 717-346-0849 to request access.
The Center for Dairy Excellence is a non-profit organization initiated by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture in 2004. Bringing together people from more than 40 different dairy organizations in Pennsylvania, the Center’s mission is to enhance the profitability of the dairy industry by empowering people, creating partnerships, and increasing the availability and use of resources. Learn more at centerfordairyexcellence.org.
