Happy and Safe Harvest

Please take time this harvest season to review basic farm safety with your staff, family and friends assisting with the harvest.

Happy and Safe Harvest

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PUMPKINS, CORN MAZES, & HAYRIDES - THE HIDDEN SAFETY HAZARDS


An agricultural arena that is big and growing bigger, is the agritourism type of activities, such as hayrides, haunted farms, corn mazes, and u-pick harvest farms. Because these involve farm activities, they are usually full of farm hazards.  Safety messages apply to the operators and visitors.

A 40-page color publication is available at http://www.marshfieldclinic.org/nccrahs/default.aspx?page=nccrahs_ag_tourism.  This pdf contains very important safety messages for these agri-entertainment operations.

Other hayride and haunted house activity safety is provided by the International Association of Haunted Attractions. Their website is http://www.hauntedhouseassociation.org/safety/hayride_safety_and_common_sense.php

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