Ag Organizations Partner to Save Lives
I am On Your Side®
_________________________________________________________________________
Steve Uhlman | Sponsor Relations Sales Manager
Nationwide Insurance
614-332-4945
[email protected]
Join Us for Grain Bin Safety Week
Feb. 23 – Mar. 1, 2014
Over the past 50 years, more than 900 cases of
grain engulfment have been reported in the U.S.
with a fatality rate of 62
percent. In 2010, at least 26
U.S. workers were killed
in grain engulfments – the
highest number on record.
The most tragic fact of all:
grain engulfments are highly
preventable.
Nationwide Agribusiness
Insurance Company is partnering with Farm
Safety for Just Kids, Heartland Co-op, Iowa
FFA Foundation, National Education Center for
Agricultural Safety (NECAS) and others to increase
awareness of the dangers of flowing grain and bring
visibility to safety procedures that can save lives
through an annual Grain Bin Safety Week beginning
in 2014.
Highlights of the Week
#AgChat on Twitter
Nationwide Agribusiness, along with our partners
Farm Safety for Just Kids and NECAS, will host
#AgChat on Twitter 7-9 p.m. CT,
Tues., Feb 25. This moderated,
online conversation will look at
grain bin safety from different
angles and generate insight from
folks involved in the business
of growing food, fuel, feed and
fiber. Anyone with a Twitter
account can participate. Go
to www.twubs.com/agchat to
tweet during the chat. The site automatically enters
the #agchat hashtag in every tweet and allows users
to participate in real time. Please include the hashtag
#GBSW14 in your tweets in support of Grain Bin
Safety Week.
Webinar – Grain Bin Safety
On Wed, Feb 25, Nationwide Agribusiness will
host a free, live webinar on grain bin safety that’s
open to everyone. Farmers and commercial grain
Timed to bring safety awareness to the dangers
handlers will gain valuable insight into the risks and
of grain bins prior to planting season in much of the
country, the week-long event will highlight a different hazards of grain bins, safe-work procedures, OSHA
standards and more. Space is limited so reserve your
component each of the seven days:
spot now at http://nwagcompanyevents.fugent.com/
home/events.asp.
Sun. Feb. 23: Grain management
Mon., Feb. 24: Bin hazard identification
Win Safety Equipment and Training for your
Tues., Feb. 25: Bin and equipment design,
Local Fire Department
including safety equipment
Contest period: The contest runs from January 1
Wed., Feb. 26: Bin entry
to April 30, 2014.
Thurs., Feb. 27: Working safely in a bin
Nationwide Agribusiness and NECAS have
Fri., Feb. 28: Extraction/rescue
partnered to provide grain entrapment rescue training
Sat., Mar. 1: Confined spaces beyond the bin
6 West Virginia Farm Bureau News