Needs and Opportunities for Applying Voluntary Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems in the High-Hazard U.S. Dairy Production Industry

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• Personal Author:
  Autenrieth D ; Román-Muñiz N
• Description:
  The U.S. dairy industry has had consistently high rates of occupational injuries. Occupational health and safety management systems (OHSMSs) have potential to reduce injury rates, but lacking a regulatory mandate for such a system, it is uncertain if U.S. dairy farmers will adopt an OHSMS. Needs assessment interviews were developed and validated to assess the attitudes, experiences, and interests of dairy workers and managers about OHSMS approaches to worker safety. Non-parametric statistical methods were applied to determine whether there were differences between the mean responses of workers and managers and whether their expressed attitudes and interests were significantly strong in favor or against OHSMSs. Thirty-two dairy workers and four managers from four farms completed the interviews. There were no significant differences in attitudes or interests between dairy workers and management. Most of the attitudes and interests were strongly favorable of OHSMS approaches, suggesting that dairy farmers may be willing to adopt an OHSMS voluntarily. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Dairy Products Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Animal Husbandry Workers Attitude Author Keywords: OHSMS Dairy Products Farm Safety Injury And Illness Prevention Program Injury Prevention Needs Assessment Occupational Safety And Health Occupational Safety And Health Program Safety Measures

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• ISBN:
  9783319605241
• ISSN:
  2194-5357
• Publisher:
  Springer
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant ; Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Montana ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  55-66
• Volume:
  604
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064041
• Citation:
  Advances in safety management and human factors: proceedings of the AHFE 2017 International Conference on Safety Management and Human Factors, July 17-21, 2017, Los Angeles, California. Arezes P ed. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2018 Jan; 604:55-66
• Contact Point Address:
  Daniel Autenrieth, Safety, Health, and Industrial Hygiene Department, Montana Tech of the University of Montana, 1300 West Park Street, Butte, MT 59701, USA
• Email:
  dautenrieth@mtech.edu
• Editor(s):
  Arezes P
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  Montana Technological University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Advances in safety management and human factors: proceedings of the AHFE 2017 International Conference on Safety Management and Human Factors, July 17-21, 2017, Los Angeles, California
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/222568/cdc_222568_DS1.pdf
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