Occupational Health and Safety for Agricultural Workers

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• Personal Author:
  Bondy MK ; Lebow RH ; O'Malley, Michael A. ; Reilly T
• Description:
  Activities undertaken at a rural primary health care facility in Southwestern Idaho to evaluate an occupational safety and health program for agricultural workers which was integrated into the facility's everyday operations are described. Basic objectives were: to assess how such a program can be delivered to a farming community; to evaluate how medical personnel can assess the physical well being of farm related persons; to pinpoint agriculture related illnesses and disabilities; to examine migrant farm worker problems and the worker's response to such a program; to find methods to increase clinical interest in occupationally related accidents and disorders; to integrate preventive health measures. A total of 640 examinations were completed, reviewed and statistically analyzed, in addition to interviews with farmers and farm workers, surveys and walk-through evaluations of a farms and ranches. Although very few objective agriculture related health problems were uncovered, clinical formats for examining and recording such problems were designed and tested. Subjective health and safety problems are reported. (Contract No. 099-74-0027) [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Delivery Of Health Care Diagnosis Epidemiology Occupational Diseases Occupational Health Preventive Medicine Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Contract-099-74-0027 Control-measures Diagnostic-techniques Medical-care NIOSH-Contract Occupational-diseases Occupational-health Preventive-medicine Safety-measures Safety-programs

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• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Idaho ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DTS - Division of Technical Services
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-135
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00072601
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-274760
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 77-150, 1976 Dec; :1-135
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• Performing Organization:
  Community Health Clinics, Inc. Nampa, ID
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:70c327d6f1fee5bce7bebe2366e6a7a3333ff1cfa0b7e1df789d0773706702729494cdbc2e0218b5e352a56f27a557a2101f3d419e986f462a3327b299523ece
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/209282/cdc_209282_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 9.83 MB ]