Pre Plant
Safety
What is always first and why?
10-2
What is the proper driving hand position on your steering wheel?
To keep us safe
Protect our eyes, skin, feet, hands
Why do we have PPE requirements?
Safety glasses
Steeled toed boots
Gloves
What are three items you wear when putting in a plot?
You should never do this while driving?
Take a picture with your phone when driving?
Personal Protective Equipment
What does PPE stand for?
Tractors
Planters
Seed Tenders
What do you look out for when driving in the spring?
Make sure the trailer is secured with chock blocks
Check to make sure you have the correct ball size
Always place a safety pin in the hitch
Secure safety chains
Name three things you need to do in order to hook up a trailer hitch correctly?
Always wear gloves treating seed
Wear a long sleeve shirt, long pants and proper shoes
Eye protection
What safety requirements do we recommend to our dealers treating seed?
Make sure plot seed is secured in truck or your trailer
Slow down when driving with a heavy load
Lift with proper back technique to avoid back injury
Have your dealer help you unload the seed
What safety precautions do you take when delivering plot seed?
Daily Double
Have another person help you do this
Have them stand on each side of the vehicle to show your blind spots
What is the proper way to adjust your side mirrors?
Reddened skin develops gray/white patches
Numbness in the affected part
Feels firm or hard
Blisters may occur in the affected part in severe cases
What are the symptoms of frostbite?
You
and that you arrive home safe each and every night
What is the single most important aspect of Pre Plant safety?
About three to four times more
The average person drives 15000 miles year
How many more times do we drive a year than the average person?
Wind chill signifies ones’s perceived apparent temperature on the skin when exposed to outside windy conditions?
Why is the wind chill temperature colder than actual air temperature?
Hard breaking
Acceleration
Speeding greater than 85 miles per hour for two minutes
Speeding 10 miles per hour over posted limit for two minutesWhat is Telogis?