The Risky Business of Production Agriculture: Health and Safety for Farm Workers

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• Personal Author:
  Reed DB
• Description:
  The lifestyles of employees affect their work and their health. Occupational health nurses need to know as much as possible about employees to render the best care possible. Production agriculture is a risky business performed by many employees. By understanding the risks involved, occupational health nurses can optimize the health of workers in the off farm and on farm contexts of their lives. Managers and supervisors need to realize that investment in farm health and safety can yield financial benefits in terms of decreasing lost workdays caused by injury and illness and increased morale through public recognition of the importance of agricultural production. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Farmers Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Agricultural-machinery Agricultural-processes Agricultural-products Agricultural-workers Hazards Occupational-accidents Occupational-hazards Occupational-health Occupational-safety-programs Occupational-sociology Risk-analysis Risk-factors Safety-climate Safety-education Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Safety-practices Safety-programs Tractors

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• ISSN:
  0891-0162
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  401-409
• Volume:
  52
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20034247
• Citation:
  AAOHN J 2004 Sep; 52(9):401-409
• Contact Point Address:
  D. B. Reed, College of Nursing, Southeast Center for Agricultural Health and Injury Prevention, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
• Editor(s):
  Wachs JE
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Performing Organization:
  University of Kentucky - Lexington
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  AAOHN Journal - American Association of Occupational Health Nurses Journal
• End Date:
  20110929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a9c7c3769c90f5412d84b6ebbfbd31534587a4e6a50300d4237a8cee6eaf8f5082f4e7c089e315af1b9eaafb6b5848398a4372e639925bc18dbd2e4122c1a284
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/189536/cdc_189536_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.62 MB ]