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OSHA emphasizes farm safety

September 28, 2015 at 5:01 PM
OSHA recently marked National Farm Safety and Health Week, Sept. 20-26, organized by the National Education Center for Agricultural Safety, stressing that businesses must have a thorough understanding of farm hazards and make it a priority to ensure workers have safe work environments. Farm workers are at high risk for work-related lung diseases, heat illness, confined space hazards, noise-induced hearing loss, fall hazards and more, Amy Wangdahl, director of the Office of Maritime and Agriculture in OSHA’s Directorate of Standards...

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