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A lot of the pre-harvest safety checks are the same tasks you should take to prevent spoilage, says farm safety expert Robert Gobeil.
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Be safe and profitable when storing grain

Best practices for safety and preventing spoilage in bins frequently cross over, says safety expert

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Glacier FarmMedia – The pre-harvest season is a good time to think about best practices around grain bin safety. Sounds like one more set of things to do on top of about a million others, right? Not necessarily, said a farm safety specialist. Those already taking action to minimize grain spoilage are also eliminating safety
The grain entrapment demo unit that the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association takes to farm events is an eye-opener for some producers.
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Reducing grain-handling and storage hazards starts with bin preparation, safety plan

Practical strategies can make for a safer harvest season

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Glacier FarmMedia – Handling and storing grain are dangerous tasks that expose farmers to numerous hazards. Power takeoff (PTO) entanglements and suffocation from grain engulfment or entrapment are two of the most common incidents involving grain. Keeping stored grain in good condition and following recommended safety measures when working with grain can prevent incidents. To
G3 renews support of CASA’s BeGrainSafe program
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G3 renews support of CASA’s BeGrainSafe program

For the first time the training will be offered in Central Canada

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Winnipeg-based grain firm G3 has renewed its support of the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association’s BeGrainSafe program. G3 is committing $45,000 for 2022. G3 has partnered with CASA since 2016 for delivery of BeGrainSafe, which offers education about the risk of grain entrapment and provides rescue training and equipment for first responders. In 2022, BeGrainSafe will
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Comment: A safe season on the farm

Farm safety is a long-term project

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Reflecting on the last year, I am so proud of the work that the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) continues to do improving the safety and lives of farmers, farm families, farm workers, and farming communities. Taking on the role of chief executive officer this last year has given me the opportunity to connect with
The culture of Canadian farms is one of risk balanced with reward and that can extend to children on the farm, sometimes with tragic results.
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Risk and reward

Are injury rates in Canadian agriculture driven by farm culture?

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Risk taking starts young on the Canadian farm and it persists for a lifetime. Farmers know why they take risks, too; risk taking can be rewarding. It’s the name of the game in agriculture. But risk taking in the farm workplace also injures and kills farmers, their family members and workers, too. Compared with other
Few farmers have taken the time to write a formal safety plan, a recent FCC study found.
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Conference digs into safety, farm culture on Canadian farms

"People say, ‘I do things safely,’ but don’t actually do things to support that. We’ve got to figure that out.”

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Most farmers believe they do their jobs safely, and most also say they have unwritten rules on their farm to do the work without anyone getting hurt. But Canadian farmers also say an injury, or a near miss, hasn’t made them change their work behaviour, nor has it spurred them to put a safety plan
Grain bins can be a dangerous location and safety precautions are very important.
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Don’t be complacent around grain storage hazards

The list of dangers is very long, and it includes people who aren’t properly trained

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Glacier FarmMedia – There’s a plethora of hazards associated with storing and moving grain, and farm safety expert Robert Gobeil had a long list during a recent online presentation. Those entering a storage area containing a grain mass can be sucked under flowing grain, trapped by avalanching grain, and fall through crusted or bridged grain
In recent weeks the Oakland-Wawanesa Fire Department has been called to two fires started by haying equipment.
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Extreme caution urged while haying, harvesting tinder-dry fields

The RM of Oakland-Wawanesa reported two fires caused by farm equipment in two days

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A rural fire department is urging farmers to be extra cautious this year after haying equipment caused two fires in its area. “We encourage farmers to carry either a jug of water or an extinguisher with them so at least they can slow it down until we get there,” said Dennis Gullet, fire chief in
Safety Scouts kits include a kid-sized safety vest and membership certificate.
Farmit Manitoba, Other

‘Safety Scouts’ kits facilitate farm safety talks with kids

Kits and other resources are available for free on CASA’s website

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BASF and CASA hope interactive ‘Safety Scouts’ kits will give farm families fun and interactive ways to talk about safety. “A lot of the issues along with safety is just having the conversations, right?” said Robin Anderson, communications co-ordinator at the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA). “And having the awareness and keeping, integrating safety as
A recent report showed children aged one to four have the highest rate of fatalities.
Farmit Manitoba, Other

Virtual Farm Safety Days allow broader reach during pandemic

Organizers optimistic 2022 will see a return to in-person programming

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Glacier FarmMedia – The traditional Safety Farm Days are missing from most farm communities’ calendars this year. A valued tradition, Progressive Agriculture Foundation (PAF) Farm Safety Days, in partnership with the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA), have helped hundreds of thousands of rural and farm kids learn how to stay safe while working and playing

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