High Plains Intermountain Center for Agricultural Health and Safety (HICAHS) Closeout Report

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• Personal Author:
  Reynolds SJ ; Reynolds SJ
• Description:
  The High Plains Intermountain Center for Agricultural Health and Safety (HICAHS) has served the states of Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming since 1991. In 2011 to 2017 we brought together an internationally recognized leadership team, outstanding young investigators, and a well-developed regional partnership network to address the promotion of health and reduction of work hazards among the high risk industries of agriculture and forestry in Federal Region VIII. Our substantial accomplishments are grounded on engaging and listening to our stakeholders and responding to their needs with sound and relevant research and outreach efforts. Over the past 5 years we have fostered a One Health approach which optimizes health of people, animals, and the environment with the rapidly expanding dairy industry in our region, by establishing a regional Dairy Network and an International Dairy Research Consortium (IDRC) (www.hicahs.colostate.edu/dairy-initiatives.html), and have developed strong partnerships in occupational safety with the logging industry in Montana. We have developed a highly successful model for advancing Research to Practice (R2P) -- moving from etiological research to assessment of efficacy in practice, toward adoption and implementation (effectiveness). Building on a Regional Needs Assessment, we worked to advance health and safety in dairy production, and more broadly address the emerging needs (e.g., forestry safety, all-terrain vehicle safety (ATV) on ranches, and vulnerable workers) of this region with cross-cutting, innovative research, intervention, outreach, and translation. With our industry partners in the regional HICAHS Dairy Health and Safety Network, and International Dairy Research Consortium we have: conducted research to understand the factors contributing to high rates of illness, injury, and fatalities; and developed and tested engineering, training, and management interventions. We have created the environment and opportunity for synergy leading to new initiatives. We are now trusted and valued partners for the Dairy industry. These collaborations have augmented HICAHS resources, and led to greater impact regionally, nationally, and internationally. We have built on this successful model and extended it beyond Dairy to include Forestry and ATV Safety. Through our Community grant program we have focused on increasing the effectiveness of the translation and dissemination activities by our network of agricultural and forestry community partners involved in occupational safety and health. Projects supported under this initiative have ranged from ATV safety campaigns, to safer logging practices on Large Logging Operations. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Automobiles Dairy Products Education Farmers Food Handling Food Industry Forestry Health Promotion Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Public Health Race Factors Safety Wood

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• Keywords:
  Agricultural Agricultural Centers Agricultural Chemicals Agricultural Industry Agricultural Machinery Agricultural Processes Agricultural Products Agricultural Safety Agricultural Workers Dairy Products Farm Workers Forestry Workers Health Programs Health Promotion Health Protection Injuries Injury Prevention Logging Industry Logging Safety Logging Workers Occupational Hazards Occupational Health Occupational Health Programs Occupational Health Services Occupational Safety Occupational Safety And Health Occupational Safety Programs Outdoor Workers Poultry Poultry Industry Poultry Workers Public Health Racial Factors Safety Education Safety Practices Safety Programs Safety Research Vehicle Safety Woodworkers Woodworking Equipment Woodworking Industry

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• Series:
  Grant Final Reports   ; Grant Final Reports  
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Final Cooperative Agreement Report ; Final Cooperative Agreement Report
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Idaho ; Montana ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 8 ; Wyoming
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs ; OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-180
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20051881
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2018-101409
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U54-OH-008085, 2017 Sep; :1-180
• Contact Point Address:
  Stephen J. Reynolds, Ph.D., CIH, FAIHA, Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, 154B EHB Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523-1681
• Email:
  Stephen.Reynolds@Colostate.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing ; Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  Colorado State University - Ft. Collins
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20030915
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20270914
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:107f52a5a717c3b698df693471a1d68d848eb90c5ed6cd778ab9dfebc0889a59f6c5292b5482fa1276718ed0d00daf981d041001285360f56a823eac3d456bac
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/218682/cdc_218682_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.93 MB ]