A Multi-State Evaluation of Agricultural Safety Learning Through Secondary Students' Supervised Agricultural Experience Journal Entries

Details

• Journal Article:
  Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Smalley, Scott W. ; Perry, Dustin K. ; Lawver, Rebecca G. ; Pate, Michael L. ; Hanagriff, Roger ; Ewell, Clay
• Description:
  The Supervised Agricultural Experience Safety Award program was launched with Montana, Utah, and South Dakota agriculture teachers. A combination of video conferencing and in-person training workshops were offered to school-based agriculture teachers in Montana, Utah, and South Dakota. Zoom webinar workshops were held with teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The five annual training topics included: Year 1) Tractor/Equipment Roll-over Hazards, Year 2) ATV/UTV Operation Hazards, Year 3) Tractor/Equipment Operation Hazards, Year 4) PTO/Entanglement Hazards, and Year 5) Agricultural Machinery Transport Hazards Associated with use on Public Roadways. To assess the influence of agricultural machinery safety training, students' journal reflections were collected through the Agricultural Experience Tracker. Students' production-based agricultural experiences were coded by USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Commodity Codes, describing students' safety reporting using Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) journal entries, and quantifying teachers' workshop participation. A total of 2,257 journal entries were reviewed from Montana, Utah, and South Dakota. A total of 760 unique student journal entries were associated with a teacher participating in the training program. Most student journal entries focused on machinery operations. A total of 49 journal entries specifically reported safety. A total of 203 journal entries recorded the use of tractors. A total of 160 agricultural production work entries (38.8%, n = 412) noted crop production as the agricultural production work experience. The results provide recommendations for developing an application model for translation using an FFA award structure.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Agriculture Motor Vehicles Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Safety; Agriculture; Safety Research; Rducation; Training; Tractors; Machine Safety; Motor Vehicles; Vehicle Safety; Young Workers; Author Keywords: Education; Journaling; Machinery; Safety; Tractors; Training; Youth
• Source:
  J Agric Saf Health 2025 Aug; 31(3):245-256
• ISSN:
  1074-7583
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Iowa ; Montana ; Utah ; Texas ; South Dakota ; Kansas City Region [OSHA] ; Denver Region [OSHA] ; Dallas Region [OSHA]
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  12 pdf pages
• Volume:
  31
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20071453
• Email:
  michael.pate@usu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2025
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  Colorado State University - Ft. Collins
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20030915
• End Date:
  20270914
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:045dfd3de02f8a6bf5323fcd3e542e3314008a08ac0666bd18bbda2f42bad95cb0b17ac811631ed436acd278a6fe6b7f48117c8e69efc75523aca2bcc3ca0c7d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/259052/cdc_259052_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 341.95 KB ]