Nurture: Quarterly Newsletter of the National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety: Fall 2016

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• Journal Article:
  Nurture: Quarterly Newsletter of the National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety
• Corporate Authors:
  National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety
• Description:
  "The National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety strives to enhance the health and safety of all children exposed to hazards associated with agricultural work and rural environments." This issue includes the following articles. 1) 'Next Gen' in child ag safety: New guidelines pick up where NAGCAT left off - The Next Generation of Youth Agricultural Work Guidelines are scheduled for release National Ag Day (March 21, 2017). Built upon the 1999 North American Guidelines for Children's Agricultural Tasks (NAGCAT), Next Gen Guidelines are designed to assist parents and others in assigning age-appropriate tasks for youth ages 7-16 who live or work on farms and ranches. Each year 2,800 youth suffer serious injures while working in agriculture. In workers younger than 16, the number of youth who suffer fatal injuries while working in agriculture is higher than all other industries combined. Many agricultural work-related injuries and deaths are associated with children conducting work that does not match their development level. 2) Mini-grants for 2017 - The National Children's Center federal award continues annual funding for mini-grants that support small scale projects and pilot studies addressing prevention of childhood agricultural disease and injury. Since 2002, 55 projects have been funded in amounts up to $20,000. Some mini-grants - a) "Intervention to Prevent Fatalities Due to Run-overs via Tractors, Forklifts, or Skid Steers on Anabaptist Farm Worksites." b) "Technology-based Distractions among Farming Youth." c) "Building Blocks of Safety and Hazard Awareness for Our Children on Yates Family Farms." 3) Childhood Agricultural Safety Network - More than 40 organizations were represented at the Childhood Agricultural Safety Network (CASN) annual meeting, held June 20 in Lexington, Kentucky, during the International Society for Agricultural Safety and Health conference. It was great listening to reports on what everyone is doing to keep kids safe on farms. 4) Strengthening ties with insurance - A safety brochure for the insurance industry was developed and disseminated by the National Children's Center, based on results of a survey conducted at the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) Agricultural Risk Inspection School. 5) AgInjuryNews.org update - AgInjuryNews.org has received another endorsement. The National Children's Center's searchable, web-based news clippings database has been added to the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) Online Resource list and disseminated to US Bureau of Labor Statistics states' representatives. 6) Furthermore... - Child ag safety was featured prominently in an article posted August 11 by USA Today. The article cited a National Children's Center fact sheet showing a long-term decline in rate of nonfatal injuries to children on farms, but a steady occurrence of fatal injuries. In addition to Gannett News Service, the article was distributed nationally by the Associated Press. The Journal of Agromedicine is gathering papers for an issue dedicated to the Socio-Ecological Model (SEM), modified for agricultural safety. The model is used to depict ways in which multiple dimensions and complex human interactions influence an individual. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents, Occupational Adolescent Agriculture Communications Media Computers Education Family Farmers Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management Software Staff Development Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Agriculture; Agricultural-workers; Agricultural-industry; Agricultural-chemicals; Agricultural-machinery; Agricultural-processes; Agricultural-products; Farmers; Families; Children; Adolescents; Injuries; Injury-prevention; Accidents; Accident-prevention; Accident-rates; Accident-statistics; Work-environment; Work-operations; Work-organization; Work-performance; Work-practices; Worker-health; Safety-education; Safety-measures; Safety-monitoring; Safety-practices; Safety-programs; Safety-research; Protective-measures; Education; Training; Traumatic-injuries; Safety-climate; Occupational-health-programs; Occupational-safety-programs; Computers; Computer-software; Communication-systems; Social marketing; Social media; Hazard communication; Surveillance; Agricultural Centers; Agricultural safety
• Source:
  Nurture: Q Newsl Natl Child Center Rural Agric Health Saf 2016 Fall; 19(2):1-2
• Series:
  Nuture
• Publisher:
  Marshfield Clinic
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 5 ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• Volume:
  19
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20050018
• Contact Point Address:
  National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety, Marshfield Clinic, 1000 North Oak Ave., Marshfield, WI 54449-5790
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/43008/cdc_43008_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 382.07 KB ]