Nurture: Quarterly Newsletter of the National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety: Spring 2009

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety ; Marshfield Clinic ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  "The National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety strives to enhance the health and safety of all children exposed to hazards associated with agricultural work and rural environments." This issue includes information on a recently published article - Study measures strength required for children to operate tractors. The ergonomic forces required to operate controls on 40 different models of tractors in common use in the U.S. typically exceeded the physical abilities of most children aged 13 to 17 years. "This raises serious questions about the ability of children to safely operate tractors in common use on U.S. farms," said co-author Barbara Marlenga, Ph.D., of the National Children's Center. "Forces required to operate controls on farm tractors: Implications for young operators," appeared in the July 2008 issue of Ergonomics. Authors are Fadi Fathallah, Ph.D., Ji Hong Chang, Ph.D., Richard Berg, M.S., William Pickett, Ph.D., and Dr. Marlenga. Farm tractors account for the majority of fatal injuries to adolescents working in agriculture and therefore remain a leading occupational priority. The question of whether these injuries occur because adolescents are assigned tractor jobs beyond their physical capabilities has not been answered, Dr. Marlenga said. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Adolescent Agriculture Communications Media Computers Education Family Farmers Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management Software Staff Development Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Accident-rates Accident-statistics Adolescents Agricultural-chemicals Agricultural-industry Agricultural-machinery Agricultural-processes Agricultural-products Agricultural-workers Children Computer-models Families Injuries Injury-prevention Motor-vehicles Photography Safety-education Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Safety-practices Safety-programs Safety-research Tractors Training Work-environment Work-operations Work-organization Work-performance Work-practices Worker-health

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• Series:
  Nurture
• Publisher:
  Marshfield Clinic
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 5 ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-4
• Volume:
  12
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042248
• Citation:
  Nurture: Q Newsl Natl Child Center Rural Agric Health Saf 2009 Spring; 12(1):1-4
• Editor(s):
  Heiberger S
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20030930
• End Date:
  20080929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/194532/cdc_194532_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 379.19 KB ]