Respirator and hearing protection use in the Certified Safe Farm program

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• Personal Author:
  Donham KJ ; Kelly KM ; Kline AK ; Lange JL ; Rautiainen RH
• Description:
  An evaluation was conducted on the results of the Certified Safe Farm controlled intervention program on a wide range of occupational health and safety outcomes. This report focuses on the outcomes of personal protective equipment (PPE) usage among one cohort of 438 Iowa (owner-operator) farmers in the Certified Safe Farm study during a 5-year period from 2004 to 2008. Intervention farmers reported an 11% increase in regular respirator usage and a 23% increase in regular use of hearing protection relative to comparison groups. Furthermore, it was revealed that personal factors such as smoking and low self-assessment of health status are associated with lower usage of PPE. The authors provide evidence that multiple modalities of intervention are more likely to affect safe behavior changes in the owner-operator farming population compared with single modality interventions. Further, farmers reported that personal factors such as smoking history and low self-assessment of health status are associated with lower usage of PPE. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Behavior Farmers Hearing Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Agriculture Hearing Protection Intervention Intervention Effectiveness Occupational Hazards Personal Protective Equipment PPE Respirators Safety Education Safety Programs
• ISSN:
  1059-924X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement ; Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; Nebraska ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  18-26
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042181
• Citation:
  J Agromedicine 2013 Jan; 18(1):18-26
• Contact Point Address:
  Kelley J. Donham MS, DVM, DACVPM, The University of Iowa, UI Research Park, 132 IREH, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
• Email:
  kelley-donham@uiowa.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa, Iowa City
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agromedicine
• End Date:
  20270929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9615d05fc06c0ec226d417efbe9760d3534a76d51f0f85872f9414f72c4a8390dcbb8babe993a9c2071c4b875c4117b47da064aea9f0ee21148c7a45a01eac72
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/194483/cdc_194483_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 491.76 KB ]