New directions in the surveillance of hired farm worker health and occupational safety.

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• Personal Author:
  Bauer S ; Brock S ; Hendrikson E ; Holden R ; Keifer M ; Lombardi G ; Monahan P ; O'Malley, Michael ; Sandoval S ; Torres E ; Villarejo D ; Wilk VA ; Bauer S ; Brock S ; Hendrikson E ; Holden R ; Keifer M ; Lombardi G ; Monahan P ; O'Malley, Michael ; Sandoval S ; Torres E ; Villarejo D ; Wilk VA
• Description:
  There are approximately 2.5 million people who perform hired agricultural work in the United States. These workers face numerous hardships in the course of their normal work day, in addition to the added stress they face as a result of the seasonal nature of their work. According to data from the National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries surveillance system, the agricultural industry has the second highest rate of occupational fatalities in the United States. Although poor working conditions for hired farm workers have been a persistent problem in the United States, they have not received sufficient attention. In 1990, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), with a congressional mandate, began an agricultural safety and health initiative. As part of this initiative, NIOSH convened a work group in May 1995 consisting of experts in the areas of public policy, farm worker health, and occupational health, to assist in developing a prioritized set of objectives for the surveillance of hired farm worker occupational safety and health. In addition to the original meeting, work group members consulted with one another over the course of a year to finalize the priorities.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Air Pollutants, Occupational Asbestos Dust Environmental Monitoring Inorganic Chemicals Occupational Health Preceptorship Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Immigrant-workers Migrant-workers Occupational-health Surveillance-programs
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Other ; Other
• Place as Subject:
  Arizona ; California ; Colorado ; District of Columbia ; Illinois ; North Carolina ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6 ; OSHA Region 8 ; OSHA Region 9 ; Texas ; Virginia ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OD - Office of the Director ; OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-41
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000417
• Citation:
  Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1999 Jan; :1-41
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5a0d0293b6325e50521b580ed16baeddea73bd8dd85b4f7e1c8f2a465eaa52e260d176089744f39cf5942cdec301ac658d731ff299d5b83e01af0b15dfcfba3f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181002/cdc_181002_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.82 MB ]