The High Plains and Mountain Region Dairy Health and Safety Workshop: A Participatory Approach to Identify Research and Outreach Needs in the Dairy Industry

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• Personal Author:
  Buchan V ; Douphrate DI ; Levin J ; Nonnenmann M ; Reynolds S ; Rosecrance J
• Description:
  US dairy production has steadily moved to industrialized operations because of associated economies of scale. These "mega-herd" dairy operations present new occupational health and safety challenges to both dairy owners and workers. There is limited research addressing worker health and safety on these large-herd operations. The High Plains Intermountain Center for Agricultural Health and Safety (HICAHS) partnered with the Southwest Center for Agricultural Health, Injury Prevention, and Education (SWAG) to host the High Plains and Mountain Region Dairy Health and Safety Workshop October 15 - 16, 2009 in Denver, CO. The objectives of the workshop included the following: 1) to provide an interactive forum to exchange ideas and strategies to effectively address dairy worker health and safety; 2) to identify and prioritize dairy worker health and safety issues; 3) to identify process management strategies that address worker health and safety; and 4) to identify future research and outreach priorities. In addition to Center personnel workshop attendees included faculty from a US university and one Swedish university, dairy extension specialists (representing CO, TX, NM, SD, ND, IA, and UT); six dairy owners and managers (representing CO, TX, NM, and SD); one dairy equipment manufacturer, one workers' compensation provider, and dairy producer organizations (CO, TX, and NM). The workshop sought to bring together the attendees' multiple perspectives to facilitate a dialogue on worker health and safety issues in the dairy industry. Through presentations, group and panel discussions the workshop organizers sought to identify and then prioritize pressing dairy worker health and safety issues, and generate recommendations and strategies for dealing with the challenges of addressing health and safety among dairy workers. A pre-post workshop evaluation is currently underway and the results will be included in the presentation. The dairy workshop appeared to be a successful means to identify and prioritize future research, and outreach efforts to address the health and safety of workers on industrialized dairy operations. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Dairy Products Farmers Livestock Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Dairy Products Farm Workers Livestock Industry Worker Health Worker Safety
• ISSN:
  1059-924X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Iowa ; New Mexico ; North Dakota ; OSHA Region 6 ; OSHA Region 7 ; OSHA Region 8 ; South Dakota ; Texas ; Utah
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20057304
• Citation:
  J Agromedicine 2010 Jul; 15(3):308
• Email:
  david.douphrate@colostate.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Texas Health Center at Tyler
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agromedicine
• 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/214699/cdc_214699_DS1.pdf
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