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Highlights of the Virtual 2021 North American Agricultural Safety Summit



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    The 2021 North American Agricultural Safety Summit was held online via a virtual conference platform, March 22-24, the same period previously planned for in-person in Las Vegas. This brief report provides highlights of the Summit and perspectives on the outcomes and impact of a national agricultural safety event held during a global pandemic. The Agricultural Safety and Health Council of America (ASHCA) was established in 2007 with a mission "to proactively address ongoing and emerging occupational safety and health issues affecting U.S. agriculture in ways that yield positive results." ... The Summit's opening session set the stage for communicating safety principles and motivating a culture of safety within agricultural enterprises. ... The Summit program included the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) and ASHCA, signifying agreement to collaborate on new initiatives and to promote each other's safety training activities. The overriding theme of the Summit was "Lessons Learned" from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the agricultural workforce. A keynote address was given by Dr. John Howard, Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), predicting the future of work in agriculture and describing NIOSH guidance on agricultural worker safety during the pandemic. Plenary sessions addressed pandemic responses on large- and small-scale agricultural operations as well as specific experiences in feedlots and pork production facilities. [Description provided by NIOSH]
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  • ISSN:
    1059-924X
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Funding:
    Cooperative Agreement
  • Genre:
    Journal Article
  • Place as Subject:
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • Pages in Document:
    289-293
  • Volume:
    26
  • Issue:
    3
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:20064079
  • Citation:
    J Agromedicine 2021 Jul; 26(3):289-293
  • Contact Point Address:
    Barbara C. Lee, National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety, Marshfield Clinic Research Institute, 1000 N Oak Ave, Marshfield, Wisconsin 54449, USA
  • Email:
    lee.barbara@marshfieldresearch.org
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    2021
  • NORA Priority Area:
    Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
  • Performing Organization:
    Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation
  • Peer Reviewed:
    True
  • Start Date:
    20190801
  • Source Full Name:
    Journal of Agromedicine
  • End Date:
    20220731
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    urn:sha-512:e8137090ba0f200b634f608956e077af28e7f3b41cb4d54750857d13a7fe3687af4874c9f2e6588033778aa326eac21db0111100a9c21be777ecff2da0876689
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