Stand Up 4 Grain Safety Week
2024 STAND UP EVENTS & TOPICS
Stand Up 4 Grain Safety Week is a dedicated focus on safety and the hazards our employees, contractors, and customers face every day.
Schedule of Events
Monday, March 25, 2024 - Virtual Event (The In-person event has been cancelled due to weather)
10:00 AM – Noon
Kick-Off Location:
Virtual
(The In-person event has been cancelled due to weather)
The 2024 Kickoff is hosted by the South Dakota Grain Bin Engulfment Prevention Summit and moderated by Terry Lively, Employer Services Safety & Compliance Manager of Marsh McLennan Agency, LLC. The event features safety demonstrations presented by industry leaders from Agtegra Cooperative, Oklahoma State University, OSHA Region 8, Prairie Ag Partners, and South Dakota University Extension OSHA Consultation that showcase key aspects of grain bin safety.
The Kick Off highlights the importance of participating in Stand Up 4 Grain Safety Week and the benefits received from this national, industry wide focus on safety. We ALL have a piece in ensuring our workers go home safely at the end of every work day!
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 - Virtual Event
10:00 – 11:00 AM
Building a Safety Culture
Learn what it takes to develop and build a successful safety culture in your organization. Join Brad Bousquet, VP of Safety & Compliance with Central Valley Ag Coop as he shares his approach to safety leadership using a deck of cards. He will show that safety is simply a matter of controlling the face cards to change the odds. In other words, safety is stacking the deck in your favor. Throughout his presentation, you will learn the meaning of the face cards and your role as a safety leader in controlling them. His message is certain to make you re-think your roles as a safety leader.
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 - Virtual Event
10 AM – 11 AM CDT
Strains, Sprains, MSDs
Explore the most common strains, sprains, and MSDs in the agricultural and grain handling industry. Doug Clark, CSP, EHS Director for Jack Links brings over 25 year’s experience as he discusses these costly injuries. The session will provide an overview on the types of injuries, hazard identification, and prevention strategies with an emphasis on hand injuries
2 PM – 3 PM CDT
Strains, Sprains, MSDs (SPANISH LANGUAGE SESSION)
Content of the morning session is adapted, as appropriate, to ensure it is relevant to the audience. Explore common causes of strains, sprains, and MSDs in the agricultural and grain handling industry. Discusson of these costly injuries provides an overview on the types of injuries, hazard identification and prevention strategies with an emphasis on hand injuries.
Thursday, March 28, 2024 - Virtual Event
10 AM – 11 AM CDT
Ladder Safety
Ladder safety is core knowledge for all persons working in agricultural settings due to the prevalence of use. Managers and supervisors need to ensure employees understand and consistently practice recognized safety strategies. Aaron Yoder, PhD, Central States Center for Agricultural Health & Safety (CS-CASH) discusses the essentials of ladder safety and explores innovative technologies that assists employers and employees maintain a safe work environment.
2 PM – 3 PM CDT
Ladder Safety (SPANISH LANGUAGE SESSION)
Join us for the afternoon Spanish Language session on Ladder Safety. Content is adapted, as appropriate, to ensure it is relevant to the audience. Ladder safety is core knowledge for all persons working in agricultural settings due to the prevalence of use. Managers and supervisors need to ensure employees understand the essentials of ladder safety and consistently practice recognized safety strategies taking into account differences in culture, experience level, and language.
Friday, March 29, 2024 - Virtual Event
Heat & Extreme Temperatures
Exreme heat temperatures and weather events are occurring more frequently bringing additional hazards to the job. Working outdoors or inside a bin on a hot summer day exposes workers to heat related illness and health issues. Join Us as we discuss the impact this extreme weather has on how we work, the hazards created in the workplace, and the best strategies to protect workers including acclimatization schedules and the recognition and treatment of heat stress.
Noon – 1 PM CDT
Heat & Extreme temperatures (SPANISH LANGUAGE SESSION)
Join us for the afternoon Spanish Language session on Heat Illness & Extreme Temperatures. Content is adapted, as appropriate, to ensure it is relevant to the audience. Working outdoors or inside a bin in high temperatures exposes workers to heat related illness and health issues. Join Us as we discuss the impact of high temperatures, its hazards and the best prevention strategies to protect workers including acclimatization schedules and the recognition and treatment of heat stress
Stand Up 4 Grain Safety Week is a dedicated focus on safety and the hazards our employees, contractors, and customers face every day.
How do I participate?
During the week, plan an event(s) that focuses on a suggested topic area or other topic to find small changes at your workplace that can make big impacts in reducing hazards and improving safety.
List your local event on the Stand Up 4 Grain Safety website. An interactive map allows others (and local media) to see what’s happening near them.
Visit the Resources page for event planning and promotion resources.
View the video below to learn more.
Do I have to hold an event to participate?
No! We make it easy to participate in Stand Up Week. If you don’t have the resources to hold your own event, no problem! Join us for FREE daily virtual learning sessions focused on the suggested topics. Click on the “REGISTER” button to the right to select the sessions you want to attend.
Who participates?
Large companies, small facilities, feedlots, producers, breweries, mills, educators, and more. Any business and/or individual that uses, stores, handles or works around grain is encouraged to participate.
2024 Stand Up 4 Grain Safety Week:
March 25-29, 2024
Kick-Off Location:
Moved to Virtual due to weather
Helpful Tip
Register once! Select the virtual session(s) you want to attend during registration. You will be sent a private link. Use the same link for all sessions including spanish language sessions.
Stand Up 4 Grain Safety Posters
Posters are available in English & Spanish either 2024 dated or undated (2 colors).
Proclamations
If your state issues a proclamation, send it to us and we will post it here.
We all have a piece in this!
Every year hundreds of employees are injured or die from preventable hazards while working in grain storage and handling. Safety doesn’t need to be big to be effective.
This year commit to safety by making small changes in the workplace or how tasks are performed to make a positive safety impact.
Click the day to see the activities and resources available.
