Stand Up 4 Grain Safety Week 2022
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
US workers per day incur eye injury requiring medical treatment;
Are blinded each year
Personal Protective Equipment
When engineering and other controls are not possible, the last line of defense is personal protective equipment (PPE). Whether PPE is a hard hat, work boots, respiratory protection, or personal fall protection talk about the head to toe equipment designed to help protect employees from injury and health hazards.
Featured Training
Daily Learning Session
APRIL 7
10 AM – 11:30 AM
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
FREE, live virtual training provided by the Grain Handling Safety Council.
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) not only provides workers extra protection, but is often the last or ONLY line of defense against workplace hazards. When hazards cannot be eliminated and engineering controls aren’t available, what do workers and employers need to know about PPE? Join us in this interactive session as our presenters demonstrate the proper way to wear PPE, show innovations in wearable technology, describe when and how PPE provides protection and share tips to encourage workers to remember their PPE. Presenters Ellen Duysen, MPH, COHC and Aaron Yoder, PhD of the Central States Center for Agricultural Safety & Health (CS-CASH) are sure to educate and entertain the audience with their head to toe PPE tips. “ASK THE EXPERT” session, an open discussion with presenters and industry experts, follows the presentation.
BONUS Spanish Session
APRIL 7
2 PM – 3:30 PM CST
Workplace Wellness
FREE, live virtual training presented in Spanish. Provided by the Grain Handling Safety Council.
The pandemic has not only changed the way we do business, but also emphasized the need to understand the different types of infectious agents, fungi, and zoonotic diseases agricultural workers are exposed to daily. Join Dr. Carlos Campabadal of Kansas State University as he shares best strategies to prevent and reduce transmission of germs between our different life environments – work, home, and community. Whether you work on a farm, grain elevator, feedlot or other type of agricultural setting, learn ways to protect the workplace, food supply chain, and most importantly, yourself and your family from health hazards. “ASK THE EXPERT” follows the presentation.
Ricardo “Rico” Lopez of CVA Coop will moderate this Spanish session.
Session is sponsored by CVA Coop.