Lessons Learned from a Successful Farm Safety Workshop for Journalists Held in Cedar Rapids, IA

Details

• Personal Author:
  Heiberger S ; Janssen B ; Leonard, Stephanie
• Description:
  In July 2015, the Iowa Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (IOWA FACE) Program and Iowa's Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (I-CASH) co-sponsored a journalists' workshop entitled "Injuries and Agriculture: Telling the Story." This 1-1/2 day event was modeled after successful journalist workshops on childhood agricultural injury that were conducted by the National Farm Medicine Center and National Children's Center for Rural Agricultural Health and Safety. The workshop brought together a variety of agricultural trade media, freelance, community news journalists in a roundtable discussion with farmers, law enforcement and public safety professionals, emergency medicine physicians and emergency responders, and occupational safety specialists. Discussions focused on causes of agricultural fatalities and the coverage of these "accidents" in the media, survivor experiences, and the opportunities for journalists, safety specialists, health care providers, and law enforcement to work together in developing and disseminating accurate safety and prevention messages through the media. Participants left the workshop with numerous story leads and an increased interest in farm safety. Participants' feedback supported the continued format of holding local journalist workshops with various topic themes on agricultural health and safety. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Agriculture Mortality Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Accident Prevention Agricultural Workers FACE Program Fatalities Fatality Assessment And Control Evaluation Program Information Dissemination Safety Education Training Workshops
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Publisher:
  Iowa's Center for Agricultural Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20052827
• Citation:
  Working together for a safer tomorrow: 14th Annual Midwest Rural Agricultural Safety & Health (MRASH) Conference, November 17-18, 2015, Decorah, Iowa. Iowa City, IA: Iowa's Center for Agricultural Safety and Health, 2015 Nov; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa, Iowa City
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Working together for a safer tomorrow: 14th Annual Midwest Rural Agricultural Safety & Health (MRASH) Conference, November 17-18, 2015, Decorah, Iowa
• End Date:
  20270929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:eac3d1d3ece916da15acec66ff60d0b369bbeac41b1bf4d6652d64fb1ee4ae469ce04666a794b73cd3a841097dd55c50390f65e3c41a6dd5c0d919b5a7a121d3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228877/cdc_228877_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 67.61 KB ]