News

Women in Agriculture

Posted: Nov 16, 2018

AgriSafe has been awarded a 4 year block grant from OSHA’s Susan G. Harwood Training Grant beginning Oct. 1, 2018 through September 30, 2022.  This grant focuses on education for women working in agriculture in the areas of ergonomics, hazard communication, and reproductive health.  For more information on what AgriSafe is doing, click here.

Additionally, Kayla Walls an OSU student, is working to develop Women in Ag (WIA) education materials in the area of Tractor / Machinery Safety and Operation.  She has micro lessons and activities that are ready to be pilot tested.  If you’d like to access these materials, please contact her at walls.182@osu.edu.

Training Opportunity – FREE

Posted: Nov 01, 2018

Central Florida ASSP is hosting a FREE training on 11/15, provided by Georgia Tech and funded by a Susan Harwood Grant, on machine guarding hazards encountered by manufacturing workers. This full-day course will highlight machine guarding hazards and solutions, plus lockout/tagout (LOTO) hazards found in manufacturing facilities.

View the download here for more information – Machine Guarding Training - FREE.

Click here to register.

Kudos to Our Members!

Posted: Oct 18, 2018

Congratulations to ASSE Central Florida Member Duke Derdock who passed his ASP exam.  Duke is a member of the safety team at Disney.