An Economic Motivator for Safe Farming: Changing Perceptions Through Learning

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• Personal Author:
  Cole, Henry P. ; Isaacs SG ; Kidd PS ; Parshall M ; Scharf T ; Struttman T
• Description:
  Farm owner-operators and workers tend to make safety decisions from a subjective cost/benefit perspective. Our research has supported that farmworkers do not recognize the direct and indirect costs associated with work-related injury and thus are not making safety decisions on an accurate basis. We have developed two injury prevention interventions that require the active participation of the farmworker, acknowledge that farm economics and productivity are influential in shaping the improvements to economic viability of the farm. The two interventions, Kayles' Difficult Decisions exercise and the Farm Planning Tool, are discussed from a developmental and testing perspective. Considerations for using theses interventions in agricultural health and safety are addressed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Ergonomics Farmers Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Agricultural Safety Author Keywords: Agricultural Economics Injury-prevention Injury Prevention Occupational-health Safety-measures Training
• ISSN:
  1074-7583
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DBBS - Division of Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  205-212
• Volume:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20024976
• Citation:
  J Agric Saf Health 1998 May; 4(Special Issue 1):205-212
• Contact Point Address:
  Pamela Kidd, Spalding University, 851 S. 4th Street, Louisville, KY 40203
• Email:
  pskidd1@pop.uky.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1998
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:57e7a5835db7467aa505029e3e0b3a0a63d85c6fb44f4729dedf77cb26b777964758afc627ad5c6bfae84f28cfedb2b786eb3505fbe3e3eeefe1776db289ff9e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/196517/cdc_196517_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 92.78 KB ]