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RESOURCES

Health & Safety Topics

A man uses the grain safety line

AgrAbility
Agricultural Employers
Agritourism
All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) Safety
Child/Youth Health & Safety
Cold Stress
Emergency Planning
Farm Machinery Safety
(Other Than Tractors)
Fishing Safety
Grain Safety
Heat-Related Illness
Logging
Musculoskeletal/Ergonomics
Roadway Safety
Rodents, Snakes, Ticks and Illness
Slips, Trips and Falls
Tobacco Safety
Veteran Farmer Resources
Zoonotic Diseases

OTHER

Other Health & Safety Resources

AGRABILITY
- Assistive Technology Products for Farming and Gardening with Upper Extremity Amputations
- Assistive Technology Products for Tractor, Equipment, & Other Vehicle Lifts
- Assistive Technology- Quick Hitch Reference Guide
- Assistive Technology Show and Tell Tool Kit
- NC AgrAbility Partnership Assistive Technology-All-Terrain Wheelchair Reference Guide
AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYERS
- Resources for Agricultural Employers’
AGRITOURISM
- Agritourism Safety
- Child Health & Safety in Agritourism
ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE (ATV) SAFETY
- ATV Safety: Background & Activity Books
  - Seguridad con ATV
CATTLE SAFETY
- Beef Cattle Handling
- Cattle Pharmaceutical and Insecticide Safety (includes pasture management chemicals)
- General Cattle Safety
- Needlestick Prevention
CHILD/YOUTH HEALTH & SAFETY
- Youth and Agricutlture Website
- Blueprint for Protecting Children in Agriculture: The 2012 National Action Plan
- Chemicals in Rural Areas
  - Químicos en Zonas Rurales
- Cleaning a Grain Bin
- Ergnomics
- Grain Safety
- Hearing Safety
- Heat Stress
- Paws for Farm Safety
COLD STRESS
- Protecting Workers from Cold Stress
  - Protegiendo a los trabajadores del estrés por frío
EMERGENCY PLANNING
- Emergency Planning Template 2023
- Farm Emergency and First Aid Kits
- Helicopter Landing Zone
EYE PROTECTION
- Basic First Aid for Eye Injuries
- Eye Protection for Farmers
- Protecting Your Eye Sight: An Eye Safety Guide for Farmers
FARM MACHINERY SAFETY
(other than tractors)
- El Montacargas Vídeo/Forklift Safety Spanish Training Video
  - Brochure
  - Folleto
- Empacadoras de Tabaco Vídeo/Tobacco Baler Safety Spanish Training Video
  - Brochure/Folleto
- Cosechadoras de Tabaco Vídeo/Tobacco Harvester Safety Spanish Training Video
  - Brochure/Folleto
- Green House Mower
- Tobacco Harvester
FARM SAFETY (GENERAL)
- Agricultural Safety and Health Guide/Guía de Seguridad y Salud Agraria
- Farm Safety Shopping and Planning List
- Occupational Safety and Health Standards for Agriculture
FISHING SAFETY
- Commercial Fishing Safety
- Fisheries Safety Association of Nova Scotia
- North Carolina Fisheries Association
GRAIN SAFETY
- "Buried in Grain" - Incidents of Grain-Related Entrapments (npr.org)
- About Grain Safety/Grain Rescue Programs
- Cargill Grain Safety Brochure
HEARING CONSERVATION
- Agricultural Hearing Loss – It’s Preventable
- How Loud is Too Loud Bookmark
- How Loud is Too Loud on the Farm
- Know Your Noise Levels
- Put A Plug in the Noise
- Preventing Noise Induced Hearing Loss
- They’re your ears Protect Them
- Wear it Right/Usarlo Bien: Fitting Foam Earplugs/Tapones de espuma para los oídos
HEAT-RELATED ILLNESS
- Estrés Por El Calor Vídeo/Heat Stress Spanish Training Video
  - Brochure/Folleto
- Heat Kills
  - El Calor Mata
- Heat Stress and Working in Hot Conditions
- Heat Stress Fact Sheet
- Heat Stress Quick Card
- Occupational Heat Exposure
- OSHA Heat Safety Tool application
- Protecting Workers from Heat Stress
  - Protecting Yourself from Heat Stress
  - Heat Related Illness & Fatality
LOGGING
- Chain Saw Safety
- Cut Trees… Not Hearing
- Feller Buncher Safety Symbols
- Heat-related Illness and Fatality
- Loader Safety Symbols
- Logger Safety Checklist Booklet
- OSHA Logging eTool
- Skidder Safety Symbols
- Feller Buncher PPE (Personal Protective Equipment)
- Loader PPE (Personal Protective Equipment)
Musculoskeletal/Ergonomics
- Musculoskeletal Health Education for Farmworkers
OTHER HEALTH & SAFETY RESOURCES
- Agricultural Health and Safety Council of America
- Agricultural Health Study
- Carolina Loggers Association
- Commercial Fishing Safety – National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
- Dictionary of Agromedicine
- eXtension: Ag Safety and Health
- International Society for Agricultural Safety and Health
- Logging Safety – National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
- Migrant Clinician Network
- National AgrAbility Project
- National Agricultural Safety Database
- National Education Center for Agricultural Safety
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
- NIOSH Agricultural Safety and Health Centers
- North Carolina Department of Agriculture – Emergency Programs
- North Carolina Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Statistics
- North Carolina Department of Agriculture – Structural Pests and Pesticides
- North Carolina Department of Labor-Agricultural Safety & Health Bureau
- North Carolina Farm Bureau Safety Program
- North Carolina Farmworker Health Program
- North Carolina Forestry Association Pro Logger
- North Carolina Pesticide Safety Education Program
- North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State Cooperative Extension
- North Carolina State Cooperative Extension
- OSHA
- Progressive Agriculture Foundation
- Rural Health Information Hub (RHI)-Rural Agricultural Health and Safety
- The National Timber Harvesting and Transportation Safety (THATS) Foundation
- US Bureau of Labor Statistics
- US Department of Agriculture – Census of Agriculture
PESTICIDES
- Area Under Fumigation Poster (14x16)
- Chemical First Aid Poster
- Dress for Success
- Fumigant Buffer Zone Poster (14x16)
- Gloves
- Glove Sizing Worksheet
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Soil Fumigant Toolbox
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Worker Protection Standard
RESPIRATORY PROTECTIONS
- Farming and Respiratory Health
- OSHA Respiratory Protection eTool
- Know your Respirators
- Protect Yourself: Respirators
  - Protéjase Respiradores
- Respirators 101: Selecting Respiratory Protection for Pesticide Applicators
- The Air You Breathe: Oregon OSHA’s respiratory protection guide for agricultural employers
- Wear it Right/Usarlo Bien: Half-face Respirator/respirador de media cara
- Wear it Right/Usarlo Bien: Filtering Face Piece/máscara de filtrado
- What is a respirator and what is a NIOSH approved N-95 respirator?
- Worker Protection Standard Respirator Guide
ROADWAY SAFETY
- Caution- Farmer at Work
  - ¡Cuidado:Agricultor trabajando!
- Farm Equipment and Highway Safety
- Haulin’ Ag: A Guide to Transporting Farm Products & Equipment in North Carolina
- In the Company of Trucks: Be Seen, Be Alive
- Rural Roadway Safety
  - Seguridad en los Caminos Rurales
RODENTS, SNAKES, TICKS & INSECTS
- Do You Feel Ill After Exposure to Ticks or Tick Habitats?
- How do I Choose an Insect Repellant?
- Rodents, Snakes & Insects
- Tick Borne Diseases in North Carolina
- Venemous Snakes: Hot or Not
SLIPS, TRIPS & FALLS
- Slips, Trips and Falls
SUN SAFETY/SKIN CANCER
- How to Perform a Skin Self-Exam
- Protect Yourself in the Sun
- Sun Safety
- Telltale Signs of Skin Cancer
- Time to Change your Hat
TOBACCO SAFETY
- Cosechadoras de Tabaco Vídeo/Tobacco Harvester Safety Spanish Training Video
  - Brochure/Folleto
- Empacadoras de Tabaco Vídeo/Tobacco Baler Safety Spanish Training Video
  - Brochure/Folleto
- GAP Connections: Tobacco Farmworker Safety Videos
- Green House Mower
- Green Tobacco Sickness
- Tobacco Harvester
TRACTOR SAFETY
- Cost Effective Rollover Protective Structure (CROPS)
- Rollover Protective Structure Brochure
- Tractor Safety
- University of Kentucky ROPS Guide
VETERAN FARMERS RESOURCES
- Agricultural Resource Guide for NC Farmers - English
- Agricultural Resource Guide for NC Farmers - Spanish
ZOONOTIC DISEASES
- Diagnosis & Management of Q Fever

Medication Assistance Programs

NC Drug Card