Have you ever thought about how much a workplace injury could cost your farm or ranch? The annual cost of occupational injuries in agriculture is $8.3 billion in medical costs and lost productivity. OSHA’s $afety Pays tool is an online calculator to estimate...
Since 1944, the third week of September has been recognized as National Farm Safety & Health Week. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration reports that on average 240 agriculture workers suffer a “serious lost-work-time injury” each day. The...
We don’t need to tell you that livestock are powerful and unpredictable, but have you reminded your employees lately? Annually, CLA members and their employees sustain more injuries caused by livestock than any other injury in the workplace. For more information...
Every three days, a child dies in an agriculture-related incident. Of the leading sources of fatalities among all youth, 25% involved machinery, 17% involved motor vehicles (includes ATVs), and 16% were drownings. For working youth, tractors were the leading source of...
ATV injuries and fatalities on farms and ranches are widespread and increasing. NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health identified 2,090 ATV injuries and 321 ATV fatalities between 2003 and 2011, with three out of five of the occupational deaths...
This week is National Farm Safety and Health Week! Please remember that cell phones and rural roadways do not mix. Be careful around agriculture equipment on the roads at this busy time of year! Fall harvest and texting do not mix. Avoid texting whether you are...
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