Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health [2018]

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  What are our priorities? The Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (CS-CASH) is one of 11 agricultural education, research and prevention centers funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. CS-CASH completed its first cooperative agreement period (2011-2016) and entered the second period (2016-2021) with new research projects. CS-CASH works with partners in industry, labor, trade associations, professional organizations, and academia focusing on the following areas: 1. Protecting hearing and respiratory health of agricultural workers. 2. Improving the safety and health of workers in the livestock industry. 3. Reducing the risk of serious traumatic injury among farmers, ranchers and their family members. What do we do? Conduct research to: 1. Determine targets and approaches to accelerate lung repair following agriculture dust-induced airway injury and to improve the respiratory health of exposed workers. 2. Improve acceptance and use of hearing and respiratory protection among farmers and workers by storing personal protective equipment at the sources of noise and dust. 3. Improve the safety of tribal bison handlers bygaining a better understanding of the hazardsand using culturally appropriate safety materials and methods for training. 4. Understand the incidence, risk factors andsources of agricultural injuries through yearly surveillance, and translate the findings into practical prevention measures. 5. Reduce injury and fatality rates of workers incattle production by improving worker safetytraining practices and distributing educationalmaterials in collaboration with feedyards andthe insurance industry. 6. Disseminate information on prevention of respiratory, hearing and injury risks to agricultural workers and their families via face-to-face andelectronic outreach methods. What have we accomplished? 1. Identified previously unknown processes that occur during recovery from agricultural dust-induced inflammation. A biological factor in reducing inflammation following exposure to dust has been identified and is being tested. 2. Partnered with feedyards in Nebraska and Kansas to conduct face-to-face surveys to determine the health status and occupational risksamong Latino immigrant cattle feedyard workers. 3. Assessed hazards on ten tribal bison handlingsites. Meetings with herd managers have resulted in notable improvements in equipment andbison handling techniques. 4. Published 33 peer reviewed publications between September 2016 and August 2017, including an article on knowledge, attitudes, andpractices for respiratory and hearing healthamong Midwestern farmers. 5. Awarded seven community and research pilotgrants in 2017, bringing the Center's 6-year total to 33 awards. These grants address a widerange of agricultural safety and health concerns, including emerging issues. 6. Collaborated with Nebraska Extension to provide tractor safety certification training to over 100 young farmers in 2017. What's next? 1. Improve approaches to treatment and prevention of respiratory disease in affected workers. 2. Assist tribal and non-tribal bison producers inimplementing best practices and employing effective training to enhance bison worker safety. 3. Develop, disseminate and evaluate the effectiveness of bilingual (English/Spanish) healthand safety training, educational and policy materials for cattle feedyard operations. Enhance injury surveillance and extend it to include alternative, innovative surveillance methods using 'big data'. 4. Develop outreach safety and health "toolkits" for women and military veterans in agriculture, and provide education and training through webinars and face-to-face meetings. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Automobiles Community Health Services Dust Education Farmers Hazardous Substances Hearing Hearing Loss Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Livestock Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Respiratory Protective Devices Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Staff Development

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• Keywords:
  Agricultural Centers; Agriculture; Agricultural industry; Injuries; Traumatic injuries; Education; Training; Farm workers; Farmers; Occupational health programs; Occupational safety programs; Injury prevention; Worker health; Worker safety; Surveillance; Community based; Community health; Partnership; Disease prevention; Health hazards; Respiratory protection; Respiratory system disorders; Respiratory health; Gases; Dust exposure; Dusts; Organic dusts; Mixed exposures; Hearing loss prevention; Hearing conservation; Hearing protection; Noise induced hearing loss; Noise exposure; Animal handlers; Agricultural products; Livestock; Livestock industry; Agricultural machinery; Tractors; Tools; Motor vehicles
• Source:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2018-118, 2018 Feb; :1
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Handout/Flyer
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; Iowa ; Kansas ; Minnesota ; Missouri ; Nebraska ; North Dakota ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 7 ; OSHA Region 8 ; South Dakota
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OPPE - Office of Program Planning and Evaluation ; OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20051178
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Nebraska
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f20f71582a281d63f7ef4497b4f39e0c5e9d98b06a1e46d0397876c1890f813b70e73ade1115f676127b7b4d8a2bf58b6f4da355a9470738873ab0293276a2d0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/52590/cdc_52590_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 447.00 KB ]