The Farm Safety Handbook

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No matter if you have lived on a farm your entire life or have recently moved to the country, farming implements are very dangerous and deadly if misused. In order to prevent accidents, The Farm Safety Handbook covers the basics of farm safety, including what not to do around the implement, and what to do if an accident happens.

Child safety around the farm, how to deal with natural gases that occur on the farm, and how to safely work with animals are also included in this book.

Case reports from various states detail accidents that have happened on farms to illustrate the results of inexperience and carelessness. Survivors of farm accidents also share their stories and explain how their lives have been altered.

Many accidents can be prevented, and The Farm Safety Handbook can reduce your risks—as well as the risk to others—of accidents and injury.

Table of Contents

Introduction | The Offguard Project

CHAPTER 1: SAFETY BASICS
Basic safety tools | Make "learning by accident" a thing of the past | Make time for maintenance | Stay in touch | Learn the signs of danger | Towing | Overhead electrical wires | Ladders | Yard and workshop

CHAPTER 2: ROLLOVERS and RUNOVERS
A look at tractor stability | Seven danger zones: Side slopes, climbing a slope, descending a slope, sharp turns, starting off with heavy loads, road speeds, edges of waterways | Rollover protection structures | Runovers

CHAPTER 3: FRONT END LOADERS
How bucket load affects stability | Danger zones and how to deal with them

CHAPTER 4: GETTING HITCHED
Drawbar connection | Three point hitch connection | PTO connection | Hydraulic hose connection

CHAPTER 5: MACHINERY and IMPLEMENT SAFETY
First step to improved safety | The engine power dilemma | The frustration factor | General safety procedures | Machine and implement | Safety highlights: Auger, Baler (rectangular and round), Chisel plow, Combine, Conveyor (hale bale and grain), Corn picker, Cultivator, Disc, Drill (seed), Feed mixer-mill, Forage harvester, Forage wagon, Harrow, Manure spreader, Moldboard plow, Mower, Planter, Posthole auger, Post pounder, Potato harvester, Rake (hay)

CHAPTER 6: DUST, MOLDS, GASES, and CHEMICALS
Dust and molds | Gases | Chemicals | Farm dust and mold, gas and chemical information

CHAPTER 7: SAFETY AROUND LIVESTOCK
Livestock with young | Veterinary procedures | Health and hygiene | Dealing with animal danger situations | Cattle, pigs, sheep | Horses

CHAPTER 8: FARM FIRE SAFETY
Fire readiness | Farm access | Livestock behavior during fires | Hay and grain storage | Construction planning | Electrical safety | Know your fire extinguishers | Farm fuel and lubricants | Portable heaters and heat lamps | General fire safety

CHAPTER 9: CHILDREN'S SAFETY
Water bodies | Machinery | Practical safety precautions around farm machinery | Falls | Farm animals | Where to get more information

CHAPTER 10: LIFE AFTER A FARM INJURY

Index

The Farm Safety Handbook