UW-Madison/Extension Agriculture Safety Specialist Cheryl Skjolaas talked about manure-gas safety procedures for farmers and rescue workers to consider during a training event June 12 at Cottonwood Dairy just outside Wiota. She said multi-gas monitors can be used to determine the levels of harmful gases at an emergency scene.
Jeff Nelson, a UW-Madison machinery specialist and volunteer firefighter, talked about the dangers of rescuing someone from a manure pit during a manure storage and handling safety and rescue training event June 12 at Cottonwood Dairy near Wiota.
UW-Madison/Extension Agriculture Safety Specialist Cheryl Skjolaas talked about manure-gas safety procedures for farmers and rescue workers to consider during a training event June 12 at Cottonwood Dairy just outside Wiota. She said multi-gas monitors can be used to determine the levels of harmful gases at an emergency scene.
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Jeff Nelson, a UW-Madison machinery specialist and volunteer firefighter, talked about the dangers of rescuing someone from a manure pit during a manure storage and handling safety and rescue training event June 12 at Cottonwood Dairy near Wiota.
WIOTA — As farms have gotten larger and the equipment and storage facilities necessary to accommodate that growth have gotten bigger with them, the risk of injury and death on those farms has also increased.
About 75 emergency response personnel and farmers gathered June 12 at Cottonwood Dairy Farm just outside Wiota for a training session designed to help them understand the hazards of manure storage and handling systems. The workshop focused primarily on confined space and manure as safety procedures.
