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Farm Refreshheadline bar HOME   Safety on a farm works best if the person or people in charge take a leading role in managing health and safety. By having a good safety management program, you can avoid incidents that are costly, time consuming, stressful, and inconvenient.ExterminatorAgricultural workers must take the EPA's Worker Protection Standard (WPS) Training class to learn reducing the risk of pesticide poisoning and injuries. The slideshow will cover the basics of WPS and review health hazards and symptoms of heat stress, skin cancer, and the west nile virus.Click Here to Start Pesticide & Field Slideshow.Click Here to Start Pesticide & Field Quiz.Tractor CartoonTractors are the main cause of accidental deaths on farms. Over the years, many farmers, farm workers and others living on or visiting farms, have been killed or seriously injured falling from moving tractors, run over by tractors, or crushed when a tractor rolls sideways or backwards.Click Here to Start Tractor & Farm Refresher SlideshowClick Here to Start Tractor & Farm Safety Quiz.ATVs have become popular for work on many farms and ranches. Unfortunately, serious injuries and death have increased along with their increased use, most can be attributed to improper use of ATVs.Click Here to Start ATV Refresher SlideshowClick Here to Start ATV Safety Quiz.


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