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  1. Secondary Injury Prevention: Farming with a Pacemaker

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/AEX-981.8-10

    each use to ensure they are not damaged and are not likely to cause electric shock. People with ... recommended that people with pacemakers avoid welding; however, some individuals may still need to use these ... tools. People with pacemakers using welding equipment should use extreme caution. Do not use current ...

  2. Grounding and GFCI Protection

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/aex-79021

    a direct path to earth that does not include the body or equipment. Proper grounding protects people from ... A ground-fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) is specifically designed to protect people from electrical shock. GFCIs ...

  3. Silo Safety

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/aex-59151

    When filling or emptying, never allow people in or around the silo. Easily recognizable warning decals ... and safety harness. When one person enters the silo, there should be two other people on the outside ... a silo, use a safety rope and harness, and there should be at least two people on the outside in case of ...

  4. Ultraviolet Light Exposure: Health Concerns

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/cdfs-199

    This melanin gives a tanned look, which is damage to the skin. For people who naturally are darker ... skinned, the melanin in their skin provides them with some protection against sunburns. Fair-skinned people ... including redheads, blondes and people with blue or light green eyes burn more quickly due to less melanin ...

  5. Processed Meats, Red Meats and Colorectal Cancer Risk

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/hyg-5587

    HYG-5587 Family and Consumer Sciences 02/13/2017 Shawna Hite, Healthy People Program Coordinator, ... (behind breast cancer, lung cancer and prostate cancer). In 2014, there were over 1 million people living ... the current evidence comes from studies observing groups of people and comparing reported meat ...

  6. Bacillus cereus: A Foodborne Illness Confused with the 24-hour Flu

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/HYG-5576-11

    the contaminated food. Both types of the foodborne illness last about 24 hours, and most people ... that occur each year is hard to determine because many people attribute their illness to a virus or ...

  7. Stress Management

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/aex-591106

    talk to other people. This support might come from family, church members, friends, or other farmers ... Hotline, (800) 273-TALK (8255), is a lifeline that provides free and confidential support for people in ... make people less able to cope with stress. High blood pressure and cholesterol levels increase the ...

  8. What Horse Owners Should Know About West Nile Virus

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/WNV-1007

    to people by the bite of an infected mosquito. The principal transmitter of WNV is the northern house ... infected with WNV. Once the mosquito is infected, it may transmit the virus to people or other animals when ... from the infection. Horses, too, are prone to severe WNV infection. People cannot get WNV from another ...

  9. Farming with a Visual Impairment

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/AEX-981.16

    vision impairment and blindness in different ways. Most people are born with excellent eyesight, but many ... lose vision due to an injury, aging or disease over time. For some people vision loss is sudden, and ... function or sometimes people with the same eye condition may have different degrees of remaining vision. ...

  10. Injury Prevention: Types of Cold Stress

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/AEX-981.13

    and people with a pre-existing condition are at a higher risk. Examples of high-risk conditions are ... takes even the healthiest person longer to complete simple tasks in the winter. However, people with ...

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