Building state-based agriculture safety and health infrastructures: a model agriculture health promotions system program.

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• Personal Author:
  Hard, David L. ; Myers J ; Pizatella T ; Stout N
• Description:
  Based on data from the National Traumatic Occupational Fatalities (NTOF) database maintained by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing is one of the most hazardous industrial divisions in the U.S. While only 2 percent of the U.S. workers are employed in this sector, it has the fourth highest injury fatality rate (20.4 deaths/100,000 workers) in the U.S. Farming as an occupation has the second highest rate of work-related injury deaths (21.4/100,000 workers). In addition, during 1988 the agriculture industry ranked third among the 10 industrial sectors for occupational injury rates (10.4 injuries/100 workers). Because of the hazardous nature of agricultural employment, the NIOSH, Division of Safety Research (DSR), has instituted an intervention program with the goal of reducing the incidence of fatal and nonfatal traumatic injury, chronic injury, and occupational diseases among the 3.4 million agricultural workers in the U.S. This program, the Agricultural Health Promotion Systems (AHPS}, is administered through cooperative agreements to Land-Grant Universities and the Cooperative Extension Service within the States. Through the ARPS, the land-grant universities will disseminate information and conduct programs to prevent illness and injury among agricultural workers and their families. Currently, 15 states are conducting programs in this area for FY 1991, with eight more states to be added by FY 1992. Examples of some of the emphasis areas include, but are not limited to, youth training, bilingual work-site safety packets for farm workers, and programs targeted to older farmers. Also included are programs in forestry, logging and fishing.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Biochemistry Chemistry Energy Metabolism Hazardous Substances Hydroquinones Occupational Health Phenol Safety
• Keywords:
  Aging Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Diseases Exposure Levels Fatalities Fishing Industry Forestry Hazards Humans Industrial Environment Injuries Intervention Logging Industry Men Risk Factors Safety-practices Safety Education Statistical Analysis Training Traumatic Injuries Women Work Environment Worker-health Workers Young Workers

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• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  565
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20056019
• Citation:
  Papers and Proceedings of the Surgeon General's Conference on Agricultural Safety and Health (FarmSafe 2000). Myers ML, Herrick RF, Olenchock SA, Myers JR, Parker, John E., Hard DL, Wilson K, eds. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 92-105, 1992 Sep; :565
• Editor(s):
  Myers ML ; Herrick RF ; Olenchock SA ; Myers JR ; Parker, John E. ; Hard DL ; Wilson K
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Papers and Proceedings of the Surgeon General's Conference on Agricultural Safety and Health (FarmSafe 2000), April 30-May 3, 1991, Des Moines, Iowa
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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