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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
File photo of a flock of snow geese on Buffalo Pound Lake in south-central Saskatchewan. (Bobloblaw/iStock/Getty Images)
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Ontario bans birds at events as avian flu spreads

Infected snow goose found in western Saskatchewan; two backyard flocks in Montana also confirmed infected

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Up against several outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian flu in commercial poultry flocks, Ontario is temporarily banning birds from appearing at shows and other such events. Provincial Agriculture Minister Lisa Thompson on Friday announced a ministerial order taking effect just after midnight Saturday (April 9), in which “the movement to and participation of birds in
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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Farm accident sends harvesting company to court

Protective equipment, while the law, is actually the last line of defence, says safety expert

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An on-farm incident that injured a worker and landed his employer in court isn’t as simple as broken regulations, says an ag safety expert. “It’s bigger than just PPE (personal protective equipment),” said Robert Gobeil, agricultural safety and health specialist with the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA). Skyline Harvest Corp., a Blumenort-based company, received an
“We need people who can go out and talk to (injured farmers) on the same level…”
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Canadian Farmers with Disabilities Registry calling for help to re-form

Before it lost funding the group showed injured producers they could adapt, keep farming

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A group of farmers who helped farmers adapt to disabilities and keep farming called on Manitoba farmers to help it re-form during KAP’s annual general meeting on January 26. “We need people who can go out and talk to (injured farmers) on the same level and make sure that they know there’s a way to continue on,” said
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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
Cows that were stranded in a flooded barn at Abbotsford, B.C. are rescued on Nov. 16, 2021 by people in boats and on a jet-ski after rainstorms lashed the province, triggering landslides and floods and shutting highways. (Photo: Jennifer Gauthier/Reuters)
Other, Weather

B.C. calls emergency, expects more deaths from 500-year flood

Some livestock die, more are expected to be euthanized

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Abbotsford | Reuters — The death toll in Canada from massive floods and landslides that devastated parts of British Columbia is set to rise, with the province declaring a state of emergency on Wednesday. Authorities have so far confirmed one death after torrential rains and mudslides destroyed roads and left several mountain towns isolated. At
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

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