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Title:
| Safety: Farm Safety and All Terrain Vehicles |
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Description:
| These sites provide information on rural safety including aspects of farm and ranch safety as it relates to All Terrain Vehicles. Also included is ATV history, ATV hazards, and ATV safety. Several sites profile ATV accidents and the role of first responders is explained. There are videos and online quizzes. |
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Grade Level:
| 9, 10, 11, 12 |
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Resource Links:
| Farm Safety for Children: What Parents and Grandparents Should Know
Read this fact sheet from Ohio State University with many important key steps to farm safety.
Farm Safety Day Camps
Learn how to run a safety day camp for kids.
ATV Safety Institute
This site has images, public service announcements, information sheets, and press releases.
Wisconsin Report: Beef Farmer Pinned Under ATV
Read this report that discusses a fatal ATV accident, the reason it occured, and how it could have been prevented.
Safe Use of ATVs
Learn how to select an ATV, buying safety gear, and how to operate an ATV. Scroll down to the bottom of the page for links to more related safety issues.
National AG Safety Database: ATV Safety for Farm Work and Recreation
Learn some major safety concerns for using ATV's for farm work and recreation. Then scroll down to take a short self-graded quiz.
National AG Safety Database: ATV Safety Packet
Here are eight documents from the Children's Safety Network. These are available to download as PDF documents.
Farm Safety 4 Just Kids
Read about the growing safety concerns around ATV's in this press release, "Make Every Ride a Safe Ride."
Minnesota Report: Electrician Killed After ATV He Was Operating Overturned
Read this summary of the accident and guidelines to prevent future accidents.
Wyoming Report: Surveyor Killed in ATV Turnover
Read about this fatal accident and the part played by drugs and alcohol.
First Responder
Watch videos of skills needed by First Responders. Requires QuickTime.
ATV Quiz
Take this interactive quiz. The quiz may provoke good discussion. No score is provided for the quiz.
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Education Standards:
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MO Standards:
4.7
UT Standards:
4.1.a
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