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Stay safe and protect those around you when working with fruit crops, using harvest safety tips, orchard pruning tips and dump truck and trailer safety.
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  1. Tractor safety training during a commercial tree fruit school in Biglerville, PA. Photo: Tara Baugher
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    Orchard Safety: Farm Hazards and Risk Assessment
    By Maria Gorgo-Simcox, Tara Baugher, Ph.D., Michael Pate
    Most farm fatalities are associated with transportation incidents. These include overturns, runovers, power take-off (PTO) systems, and unintended contact with tractor attachments and/or implements.
  2. Rollover protection structures (ROP) save lives. Photo: Tara Baugher
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    Orchard Safety: Tractor Stability and ROPS
    By Maria Gorgo-Simcox, Tara Baugher, Ph.D.
    Tractor overturns are the leading cause of fatal injuries on U.S. farms. Approximately one in ten operators overturn a tractor in his or her lifetime.
  3. Orchard Safety: Questions About Personal Protective Equipment?
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    Orchard Safety: Questions About Personal Protective Equipment?
    By Linda Fetzer
    When you need to get a new SMV (slow moving vehicle) emblem, safety glasses or a power take-off (PTO) shield, where do you go? If you have a local resource for these things, that is great.
  4. Orchard Safety: Tips for Safe Pruning
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    Orchard Safety: Tips for Safe Pruning
    By Linda Fetzer
    After a busy harvest season, there are still several jobs to be done and one of those important jobs is pruning.
  5. Standard hand signals were developed by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) to improve safety around farm equipment. Photo: Tara Baugher
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    Orchard Safety: Communicating With Hand Signals
    By Maria Gorgo-Simcox, Tara Baugher, Ph.D., Michael L. Pate
    Hand signals can provide a standard method to communicate visually with equipment operators to keep other workers on the ground safe.
  6. Training on pre-operation checks during a commercial tree fruit school in Biglerville, PA. Photo: Tara Baugher
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    Orchard Safety: Tractor Pre-Operation Checks
    By Maria Gorgo-Simcox, Tara Baugher, Ph.D.
    A good equipment operator uses a daily checklist of items and systems to inspect before starting a tractor. The pre-operation check can prevent costly repairs, inefficiency due to equipment down time, and the potential for serious injury.
  7. Seguridad en la huerta: Comunicación con señales de mano
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    Seguridad en la huerta: Comunicación con señales de mano
    Las señales de mano brindan un método estándar para comunicarse visualmente con los operadores de equipos y maquinarias para mantener seguros a otros trabajadores que se encuentran en los alrededores.
  8. Seguridad en la huerta: Chequeos de pre-operación del tractor
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    Seguridad en la huerta: Chequeos de pre-operación del tractor
    La verificación previa a la operación puede evitar reparaciones costosas, ineficiencia debido al tiempo de inactividad del equipo y la posibilidad de lesiones graves.
  9. Apple Harvest - Guide to Better Apple Picking
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    Apple Harvest - Guide to Better Apple Picking
    By Tara Baugher, Ph.D., Matt Harsh
    Length 17:37
    This video describes best practices for ensuring optimum fruit quality when harvesting apples.
  10. Seguridad en el rancho: Equipo de Protección Personal
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    Seguridad en el rancho: Equipo de Protección Personal
    By Linda Fetzer
    ¿Cuándo necesita una calcomanía de movimiento lento (un triángulo anaranjado) nueva para su vehículo, lentes de protección o una cubierta protectora para la toma de fuerza (TDF o PTO - power take off en inglés), a donde va para conseguirlos?
  11. Seguridad en la Huerta: Estabilidad del Tractor y ROPS
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    Seguridad en la Huerta: Estabilidad del Tractor y ROPS
    By Maria Gorgo-Simcox, Tara Baugher, Ph.D.
    Los vuelcos de tractores son la causa principal de accidentes fatales en las fincas de EE. UU. Aproximadamente uno de cada diez operadores vuelca con un tractor en su vida.
  12. Capacitación sobre seguridad de tractores durante una escuela comercial de árboles frutales en Biglerville, PA. Foto: Tara Baugher
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    Seguridad en la Huerta: Evaluación de Peligros y Riesgos Agrícolas
    By Maria Gorgo-Simcox, Tara Baugher, Ph.D., Michael Pate
    La mayoría de las muertes que ocurren en el campo se deben a accidentes de transporte. Éstos incluyen los vuelcos, los atropellamientos, los sistemas de toma de fuerza (PTO) y el contacto involuntario con implemento/s de tractores.
  13. S.K. McDonald, Bugwood.org
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    Current Status of Restricted-use Pesticides in Pennyslvania
    By Daniel Weber, Ph.D., Donald Seifrit
    Applicators who apply restricted-use pesticides must be certified as a private applicator or must work under the direct supervision of a certified applicator.
  14. Photo provided by the Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (CS-CASH)
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    Fall Harvest Safety Tips
    By Linda Fetzer, Dennis Murphy, Ph.D.
    With the urgency felt by farm families during the fall season, here are some safety reminders.
  15. Farm Dump Truck and Trailer Safety
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    Farm Dump Truck and Trailer Safety
    By Dennis Murphy, Ph.D., William Harshman
    This article will examine large farm dump truck and trailer safety issues relating to the use of these units on farms.