Posted November 7, 2013
Agriculture safety is the focus of a new YouTube
channel, U.S. Agricultural Safety and Health Centers, which is a joint project
of the 10 Agricultural Centers funded by the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health, according to a Farm Futures article available here. The channel is available here.
Amanda Wickman, of the Southwest Center for
Agricultural Health, Injury Prevention and Education, said that extension
agents and educators, agricultural science teachers,
producers/owners/operators, first responders and agricultural families would
all find value in the videos.
Wickman said the Center was established “to protect the
safety and health of more than 5.5 million full- and part-time contract and
seasonal workers in agriculture, forestry, and fishing, as well as farm family
members…Many Centers have created videos for this purpose and we’re trying to
enhance dissemination to people who can benefit most from them.”
The channel launched on November 1. Topics covered in videos include: respiratory
protection, livestock safety, tractor and machinery safety, child development,
emergency response, grain safety, pesticide safety, heat illness prevention,
ladder safety and hearing protection.
For more information on farm labor and safety issues,
please visit the National Agricultural Law Center’s website here.
