The Be Safe, Be Profitable: Protecting Workers in Agriculture Conference was co-organized with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and facitliated open dialogue regarding best safety practices, the state-of-the-science and intervention program experiences.
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Conference Presentations
Global View-Issues Affecting U.S. Production Agriculture - Peter Goldsmith, PhD (view slides, view video)
Ground View-Perspectives of Hired Workers - Wilson Augustave (view video)
Overview-Safety and Health in the United States - George Conway, MD, MPH (view video)
Respiratory Issues - Susanna Von Essen, MD, Gordon Moore, Shawn Gibbs, PhD and Kerry Leedom Larson, DVM (view video)
Livestock Handling-Minimizing Worker Injuries - Ricky Langley, MD, MPH and Morgan Morrow, PhD (view video)
Safe Tractor Operations - Dennis Murphy, PhD, Tony McKenzie, PhD and John May, MD (view slides, view video)
Minimizing Exposures to Pesticides - Matt Keifer, MD, Mark Robson, PhD, and Frank Gasperini, CAE (view video)
Pre-Harvest Food Safety - David Smith, PhD, Glenn Smith, DVM and Kryz Novotnaj, MBA (view video)
Musculoskeletal Disorders - Steven Kirkhorn, MD, R.J. Banks, MS and Giulia Earle-Richardson, PhD (view video)
For more information or to request video copies of presentations, contact:
ASHCA
715-221-7270
ashca@mcrf.mfldclin.edu
Conference Sponsors
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CHS Foundation
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Supporters
Case New Holland (CNH)
Liberty Mutual Agency Markets
National Council of Agricutlural Employers