Safety principles that apply to multiple agricultural tasks for youth.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Campo S ; Erickson D ; Rohlman D ; TePoel M
• Description:
  Young workers are more likely to have an injury on the farm than more experienced workers. Youth working in agriculture are able to work at younger ages and in more hazardous jobs than youth in other industries. Fatigue, substance use, and distracted behaviors are common risk factors that can impact safety, health and performance both on and off the job. Interventions directed towards supervisors and workplace policies can play a key role in reducing injuries and promoting health. The ultimate goal of this project is to develop a training for supervisors of young agricultural workers to keep their workers safe and healthy through better workplace training, enhanced communication and supervision, and the adoption of more workplace policies. As a first step, this project reviewed existing practice (i.e., Safety Guidelines for Hired Adolescent Farm Workers), model workplace policies (e.g., Model Policy: Youth Employment in Agriculture), and the academic literature to look for workplace and supervisor recommendations that cut across work task. Results and recommendations from this review will be shared. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Farmers Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Agricultural safety; Young workers; Farm workers; Training; Safety education; Worker safety
• 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:20065910
• Citation:
  Safeguarding farm livelihoods: 15th Annual Midwest Rural Agricultural Safety & Health (MRASH) Conference, November 15-16, 2016, Sioux Center, Iowa. Iowa City, IA: Iowa's Center for Agricultural Safety and Health, 2016 Nov; :1
• Email:
  erickson@iastate.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction ; Services
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20060901
• Source Full Name:
  Safeguarding farm livelihoods: 15th Annual Midwest Rural Agricultural Safety & Health (MRASH) Conference, November 15-16, 2016, Sioux Center, Iowa
• End Date:
  20260831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:247925c6933ca6c10fa18ce1a2705646901090ebbbaee45195120ef5ba8e3c5db61cc7eb40267f9d0f54f9d50607361935286d3a1b1e6e32f79b2e332f6f1f86
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/249601/cdc_249601_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 261.84 KB ]