Southeast Center for Agricultural Health and Injury Prevention - annual report - 09/30/2014 through 09/29/2015

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• Personal Author:
  Mannino, David M.
• Description:
  The mission of the Southeast Center for Agricultural Health and Injury Prevention (SCAHIP) is to develop and sustain an innovative program of research, education, and health promotion to prevent work-related illness and injury and to improve the health of agriculture/forestry/fishing industry workers and their families in the southeastern United States. The Southeast Center conducts and supports applied research throughout its 10-state service region: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. The Center aims to: 1. Conduct research on the prevention of occupational disease and injury among agriculture/forestry/fishing workers and their families; 2. Develop, implement, and evaluate education and outreach programs to promote the safety and health of agriculture/forestry/fishing workers and their families; 3. Develop, implement, and evaluate model programs to prevent illness and injury among agriculture/forestry/fishing workers and their families; and 4. Develop links with other governmental and non-governmental bodies involved in public health and safety, especially other agricultural safety and health research centers. RELEVANCE: US Department of Labor trend data for the southeast United States, 2006-2014, indicate despite overall downward trends, the burden of fatal occupational injuries remained disproportionately heavy among those employed in agriculture, forestry, and commercial fishing/aquaculture (AFF) industries. Nationally, preliminary data from 2014, identifies that agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting recorded the highest fatal injury rate of any industry sector at 24.9 fatal injuries per 100,000 FTE workers, up 9% from 2013. This toll is over 8 times higher than the all-industries rate of 3.3 per 100,000 FTE workers (BLS-CFOI 2014). The increase in AFF fatalities was led by fatalities involving agriculture workers (up 12%) and fatalities involving logging workers (up 31%). The agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector also continues to record much higher rates of non-fatal occupational injuries than the all-industry average: 112 cases per 10,000 full-time U.S. workers in 2012 (all industries average), compared to 192 per 10,000 full-time workers in agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting. (BLS-IIF, 2013). [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Adolescent Agriculture Animals Education Emigration And Immigration Family Farmers Forestry Hazardous Substances Health Personnel Hunting Livestock Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Race Factors Safety

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• Keywords:
  Accident Prevention Adolescents Agricultural Centers Agricultural Industry Agricultural Machinery Animal Handlers Families Farm Workers Fishing Fishing Industry Forestry Workers Health Care Health Hazards Immigrant Workers Information Dissemination Injuries Injury Prevention Intervention Intervention Effectiveness Logging Industry Logging Safety Logging Workers Nurses Occupational Safety Programs Partnership Personal Flotation Device Personal Protective Equipment PFD Racial Factors Rollover Protective Structures ROPS Safety Education Safety Programs Safety Research Surveillance Tractors Traumatic Injuries Worker Safety

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• Publisher:
  University of Kentucky
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Annual Report
• 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:
  1-26
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20049362
• Citation:
  Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky, 2015 Sep; :1-26
• Contact Point Address:
  David M. Mannino, M.D., Southeast Center for Agricultural Health and Injury Prevention, The University of Kentucky, College of Public Health, 111 Washington Avenue, Suite 220, Lexington, KY 40536
• Email:
  dmannino@uky.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Kentucky
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Southeast Center for Agricultural Health and Injury Prevention - annual report - 09/30/2014 through 09/29/2015
• End Date:
  20270929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/203828/cdc_203828_DS1.pdf
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