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title: "Personal Protective Equipment: Chemical Handling"
description: Here’s a brief refresher on safe handling of farm chemicals.
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# [Personal Protective Equipment: Chemical Handling](https://blog.gooddayswork.ag/blog/personal-protective-equipment-chemical-handling-0)

 Written by [Good Day's Work](https://blog.gooddayswork.ag/blog/author/good-days-work) | Apr 11, 2017

[We’ve talked about chemical safety before](https://blog.gooddayswork.ag/blog/safe-handling-of-anhydrous-ammonia), but this is the time of year when many of us are applying anhydrous ammonia to our fields, using a wide variety of chemicals and handling thousands of pounds of seed, so here’s a brief refresher on safe handling of farm chemicals.

 **Anhydrous Ammonia Safety**

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- Wear a full-face respirator with ammonia cartridges and pre-filters.
- Use lined rubber gloves – and don’t forget to turn the cuffs up to catch any drips.
- Your shirt should be heavy and long-sleeved.
- Ensure your boots are made of a nonabsorbent material. No leather or canvas.
- Always have at least 8 ounces of clean water on you at all times, and the water supply on nurse tanks full and fresh.

 

**Seed, Chemical and Fertilizer Safety**

- Protect your skin – gloves, long-sleeved shirt, overalls.
- Use of a dust mask is recommended to prevent respiration of harmful dust, or the specific mask that is required for the chemicals you are using based on their SDS sheet.
- Wash your hands immediately after performing any operations involving treated seeds, chemicals or contaminated planting equipment.
- Follow the instructions on seed tags and safety data sheets (SDS).

 

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