Bulletin #2294, Maine Farm Safety Program: Front-End Loader Safety (PDF) By Dawna L. Cyr, Farm Safety Project Assistant, and Steven B. Johnson, Ph.D., Extension Crops Specialist For information about UMaine Extension programs and resources, visit extension.umaine.edu. Find more of our publications and books at extension.umaine.edu/publications/. Front-end loaders are versatile and can be a valuable tool