The Northeast Center for Agricultural Health

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• Personal Author:
  May JJ ; Sorensen JA
• Description:
  In 2010, the Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety proposed to address four primary, occupational health and safety aims. These Included: 1) Improving Northeast surveillance to better profile occupational injuries and fatalities affecting AFF workers; 2) Improving the health and safety outcomes of vulnerable AFF workers; 3) Moving proven health and safety strategies into AFF worksites; and 4) Reducing the number, rate, and severity of traumatic injuries and deaths in AFF lndustries. Over the succeeding five years, NEC research, intervention and translation activities have both advanced the field of occupational research and reduced hazardous AFF worksite exposures. More specifically, much has been learned about prominent factors contributing to injuries in the Northeast lobster fishing Industry and viable passive surveillance methods for collecting injury data. These studies have led to improved granularity in the definition and description of injury events, a finalized injury keyword search algorithm, and the ability to detect dispersion/trends in events through the use of control charts. Survey data collected quarterly in the lobster fishing study, demonstrates that these fishers experience comparatively low fatality rates, while specific body segments (wrist, hand, shoulder and back injuries) are associated with increased risk for injury as compared to other fishing Industry workers. Technologies and practices for mitigating occupational exposures have also been identified by NEC researchers and include tailored solutions for winch entanglements, improvements in PTO shielding technology and an online tool that to develop safe manure ventilation systems for livestock and dairy farms. In these studies, researchers were able to develop emergency winch shut-offs, tailored to Northeast fishing trawlers, Improvements in PTO shield designs and PTO promotional materials and a curriculum for the online manure ventilation design system. NEC investigators have also made considerable progress in the development, improvement and dissemination of tractor stability warning systems. These systems have greatly improved researchers knowledge of alert systems and how these can best alert tractor drivers to potentially dangerous driving conditions. These projects, which have focused on Improvements in hazard abatement technology, have benefitted greatly from close ties to manufacturers and industry groups. The expansion of ROPS rebate programs also continues with support from the NEC and National Tractor Safety Coalition members. In addition to these projects, Northeast Center outreach efforts have successfully shared evidence-based technologies and practices with AFF communities and researchers via multiple dissemination platforms. These include peer-reviewed journals, conferences, worker trainings, industry presentations, social media, advisory groups and partner collaborations. Lastly, NEC pilot study projects have also led to advances in occupational safety and health, as well as improvements in AFF worksites and practices. Over the past five years, nineteen NEC pilot projects were funded. A few examples of pilot projects include: 1) the development of a free smart phone app that can be used by commercial fishing captains to conduct and track USCG fishing vessel drills; 2) the assessment of zoonotic infection risk and infection control practices for dairy workers and 3) the development of a fungal bioreactor to reduce farm worker exposure to pathogens that can be found in bioaerosols. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Farmers Mortality Occupational Health Risk Assessment Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Centers Agricultural Machinery Agriculture, Forestry And Fishing Farm Workers Fatalities Information Dissemination Injuries Injury Prevention Occupational Safety Programs Risk Management Rollover Protective Structures ROPS Surveillance Programs Tractors Traumatic Injuries

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• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Final Cooperative Agreement Report
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-69
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20053048
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2019-100119
• 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-007542, 2017 Sep; :1-69
• Contact Point Address:
  Julie Sorensen, PhD, Bassett Heatthcare Network, One Atwell Rd., Cooperstown, NY, 13326
• Email:
  julle.sorensen@bassett.org
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown, New York
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20270831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:01e1977c4d68ccb70e9e7b370151de11e17ae7ca312656e4ac407251235f460f36c1e65a7d709953ddfdafcf3f9c9d82c3c7f29728af26dcbab4778712a3a4f4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/218744/cdc_218744_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 25.87 MB ]