The health of workers in the agricultural industry.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Madsen-Jenkins S ; Schermann M ; Shutske J
• Description:
  Principles are not unique. Any labor intensive industry. Industries which include frequent contact with biologically active inputs and outputs, heavy equipment, etc. Industries with a diverse worker population. Offer your expertise. Anyone who delivers goods, services, and information must be part of the target. Know your community. National Safety Council data only includes people working and excludes children below age 16 (even when working). Age, age-based limitations of kids, stress and fatigue, gender differences, migrant and immigrant workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Agriculture Animals Education Farmers Food-Processing Industry Occupational Health Risk Assessment Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Age-factors; Agricultural-industry; Agricultural-processes; Agricultural-workers; Agriculture; Animal-products; Children; Disaster-prevention; Education; Equipment-design; Equipment-operators; Equipment-reliability; Exposure-levels; Exposure-methods; Farmers; Food-processing-industry; Injuries; Injury-prevention; Risk-analysis; Safety-education; Safety-measures; Safety-practices; Safety-research; Stress
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Presentation
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-50
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038314
• Citation:
  Health Farm Families Conference at Paynesville Clinic and Healthcare System, April 2003, Paynesville, Minnesota. 2003 Apr; :1-50
• Contact Point Address:
  John M. Shutske, Workplace Safety & Health Specialist and AgrAbility Project Director, Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, University of Minnesota, 390 Eckles Ave, St. Paul, MN 55108-6005
• Email:
  shutske@umn.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Performing Organization:
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Health Farm Families Conference at Paynesville Clinic and Healthcare System, April 2003, Paynesville, Minnesota
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/245876/cdc_245876_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]