Papers and Proceedings of the Surgeon General’s Conference on Agricultural Safety and Health, April 30 – May 3, 1991, Des Moines, Iowa

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The proceedings of a conference on agricultural safety and health were presented. Included in this publication were speeches given by several participants on the potential for developing a national coalition, questions to guide the national agenda, medical intervention problems and opportunities, and issues that affect the national agenda. Papers were presented on the surveillance of agriculture related diseases, injuries, and hazards from a physician's viewpoint, the government's perspective, the consumers' perspective, as well as an agricultural safety perspective. Chemical and biological hazards associated with the agricultural industry such as airborne dusts, infectious diseases, pesticide exposure, and exposures to gases, liquids, vapors, and drugs were discussed by experts in the field of agricultural health and safety. Discussions were presented as well on mechanical and physical hazards in agriculture such as farm machinery and vehicles, electrical power, musculoskeletal hazards, and noise and stress. Conference sessions on interventions such as the protection of agricultural workers from hazards and the education of agricultural workers were included. The elements of a national agenda incorporating surveillance, research, and intervention were discussed as were actions for the future. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Hazardous Substances Health Promotion Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Hazards Health-programs Industrial-hazards Safety-practices Toxic-effects Worker-health
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB92105
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; Iowa ; Maryland ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 7 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OD - Office of the Director ; DPSE - Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering ; DBBS - Division of Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences ; DSDTT - Division of Standards Development and Technology Transfer ; DTMD - Division of Training and Manpower Development ; DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies ; DSR
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00213592
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB93-114890
• Citation:
  Myers ML, Herrick RF, Olenchock SA, Myers JR, Parker JE, Hard DL, Wilson K, eds. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 92-105, 1992 Sep; :1-645
• Editor(s):
  Myers ML; Herrick RF; Olenchock SA; Myers JR; Parker JE; Hard DL; Wilson K
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9f65fae8784c7a042156562557f535976c3d541acfc33a4b31bdcc0bb7af9e8a8a9959221c81951cfc8f35e6099a2b41ddcd15e4e3b109e2b9b1bfdf510d392a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/209638/cdc_209638_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 23.80 MB ]