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Health and safety strategy in Swedish agriculture
WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation, 2012In Sweden there is a joint focus on injury prevention in agriculture and this is coordinated through the Swedish Committee on Working Environment (LAMK). LAMK is a network working for a good, healthy and safe working environment in Swedish agriculture from the view of the enterprise with the humans in focus.
Peter, Lundqvist +1 more
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Virginia Agricultural Health and Safety Survey
Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health, 2009This comprehensive study was conducted primarily to identify the common causes of agricultural injuries on active Virginia farms and to identify hazardous agricultural operations, exposure duration, and injuries associated with each hazardous operation.
S C, Mariger +5 more
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The Changing Face of Agricultural Health and Safety – Alternative Agriculture
Journal of Agromedicine, 2009Alternative agriculture (defined as any production that is not commodity production) is an important growing area of agriculture. The produce ranges widely, from organic products, locally grown products, and exotic crops and animals. This conference included an overview of the evolving field of alternative agriculture plus descriptions of three ...
Kelley J, Donham, Beth, Larabee
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AGRICULTURAL HEALTH AND SAFETY IN AUSTRALIA
Australian Journal of Rural Health, 1996ABSTRACT: Farm injury is a major problem for agriculture in Australia. Agriculture is subject to rates of work‐related deaths that are among the highest in Australia, while on‐farm injuries result in between 20 and 60 presentations to rural hospital emergency departments per 100 farms per annum.
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Agricultural Safety and Health: A Profession?
Journal of Agromedicine, 2009It fills me with great honor and humbleness to be named a “Leader in the Field” by the editorial staff of The Journal of Agromedicine.
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Safety, health and hygiene in agriculture
Safety Science, 1992Abstract Farming operations lack many of the constraints of factory work. Employees are isolated and work in very varied conditions with variable materials. In the past this has led to a poor accident record, but safety authorities have tackled the most severe problems through research, standardisation and legislation.
C.J. Chisholm +4 more
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Coalitions: Partnerships to Promote Agricultural Health and Safety
Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health, 2002Throughout the 1990s, a variety of partnerships and community-based organizations have been formed with the primary mission to promote agricultural safety and health. These groups are altruistic, creative, energetic, and provide critical perspectives for improving the safety and health of the agricultural workforce at the local, regional, and national ...
T, Palermo, J, Ehlers
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Health and Safety in EU Agriculture
2016Health and safety have long been recognised officially as issues in EU agricultural occupation, but pose specific problems of definition, measurement and policy action. About 500 people per year die while working in EU agriculture, forestry and fishing, and there are about 150,000 non-fatal accidents at such work, as well as work-related physical and ...
Thomson, Kenneth, Thomson, Kenneth
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Agricultural Health and Safety: Incorporating the Worker Perspective
Journal of Agromedicine, 2010This commentary offers a worker's perspective on agricultural health and safety and describes (1) the historical exemption of agriculture from regulatory oversight and barriers encountered due to lack of regulations and poor enforcement of the existing standards; (2) the effect of immigration status on worker protections; and (3) the basic desire for ...
Amy K, Liebman, Wilson, Augustave
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Iowa agricultural health and safety service project
American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 1990AbstractA model community‐based comprehensive agricultural occupational health and safety service program has been implemented in Iowa. The functional center of coordination is based in the College of Medicine at the University of Iowa. The community‐based hub of the service is the community hospital, where the majority of the direct client services ...
J, Gay, K J, Donham, S, Leonard
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