Agricultural Leaders’ Influence on the Safety Culture of Workers

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• Personal Author:
  Gasperini, Frank A.
• Description:
  Most US farmers are small, independent owner-operators, many of whom are exempt from safety regulation and enforcement, as well as age restrictions relative to family members performing hazardous tasks. These smaller farms account for a disproportionate share of the total fatality and injury statistics from farming incidents, contributing to an agriculture-industry death rate that is seven times greater than all occupations combined. In contrast, large agricultural enterprises that employ larger numbers of non-family workers are more regulated and more highly incentivized by economic, supply chain, and societal factors to implement cultures of safety, and are more readily influenced by agricultural opinion leaders, agribusinesses, farm organizations, and agricultural media. These agricultural influencer institutions must find ways to play more significant roles in changing the culture on operations that use only family labor. They will find willing partners in safety organizations such as the Agricultural Safety and Health Council of America (ASHCA), Agricultural Extension, and other health and safety advocates, including the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)-funded agricultural research centers. The overall workplace injury statistics for agriculture remain alarming; however, with leadership from the larger farm operations, and help from ASHCA, academia, the healthcare community, and others, the current culture of workplace safety and health in agriculture can be impacted in positive ways. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Economics Education Farmers Mortality Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Age Factors Agricultural Leaders Agricultural Safety Author Keywords: Agriculture Farm Workers Fatalities Hazards Injuries Socio-ecological Model Sociological Factors Statistical Analysis

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• ISSN:
  1059-924X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Virginia ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• Volume:
  22
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20066979
• Citation:
  J Agromedicine 2017 Oct; 22(4):309-311
• Contact Point Address:
  Frank A. Gasperini, Agricultural Safety and Health Council of America (ASHCA), PO Box 2506, Leesburg, VA 20177, USA
• Email:
  frank@ashca.org
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20080930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agromedicine
• End Date:
  20250929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:fb513996025c0f12d212bdeeb740942f8beee518bd5fd9fcd147271cce5a28b9d516c77a8ffbcfa29ab588b7d49dd1295cbd2cd746a7aefc3e7a7cd2c0cab671
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/230740/cdc_230740_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 875.73 KB ]