Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health (PNASH) Center: research for healthy workers, strong communities & productive agriculture, year-end report fiscal year 2017.

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• Corporate Authors:
  University of Washington. Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center
• Description:
  The Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health (PNASH) Center is dedicated to the prevention of illness and injury among agricultural producers, workers, and their families. One of eleven regional centers, PNASH serves Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, integrating expertise from multiple disciplines, institutions, and community partners. The Center is focused on safe and sustainable agricultural workplaces and communities with an emphasis on injury and illness prevention, especially among hired laborers, migrant/seasonal workers, and children. Our approach includes: 1. Working in partnership with employers, workers, agencies, and other research and service organizations. 2. Conducting innovative research and intervention programs that focus on problem solving. 3. Taking solutions to the workplace through training, outreach, and participatory research. PNASH research priorities and project selections are based on the burden and need of our Northwest communities, the seriousness of the hazard, the number of people affected, and the probability that research will lead to health improvements. We are housed in the UW Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health and have formal affiliations with multiple UW programs as well as with Washington State University (WSU) and Oregon State University, among others. Our faculty, staff, and students bring expertise in the areas of medicine, nursing, industrial hygiene, epidemiology, engineering, and education. RELEVANCE: Jobs in the agricultural industries, which include farming, fishing, and forestry, consistently rank among the most dangerous. The fatality rate for workers in the farming sector is six times higher than the all-industry average, while the fatality rate for workers in the commercial fishing and logging sector is 32 times the all-industry average. In addition to injuries and fatalities, agricultural workers also face high risk for illnesses such as lung diseases, hearing loss, heat-related illnesses, skin diseases, and certain cancers associated with chemical use and prolonged sun exposure. Farming is a unique workplace in that families frequently live on-site. Each year, 14,000 children are injured and 100 children are killed on US farms. 2016-2016 NIOSH AWARD CYCLE: The PNASH Center has begun a new 5-year cycle, October 2016 to September 2021, awarded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH/CDC). New directions of this cycle include injury surveillance, dairy safety and health, and an enhanced Outreach Core to increase engagement of stakeholders and to move our research results into practice. We invite you in the following report to learn about our first year's accomplishments. Each project is at an early stage of development, so please feel free to contact us with your ideas or interests in collaborating. Most important to our mission is ensuring that our work is relevant to industry and worker needs. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Farmers Health Promotion Occupational Health Public Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural industry; Safety education; Public health; Agriculture; Health promotion; Farm workers; Worker safety; Children
• Publisher:
  University of Washington
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Alaska ; Idaho ; Oregon ; OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-28
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065491
• Citation:
  Seattle, WA: University of Washington, 2017 Oct; :1-28
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health (PNASH) Center: research for healthy workers, strong communities & productive agriculture, year-end report fiscal year 2017
• End Date:
  20270929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/249455/cdc_249455_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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