AgriSafe Network

Learn how to access AgriSafe’s free online trainings for use in the classroom.  Educators can be certified to train on six AgriSafe modules (targeted for ages 16-23). Generous sponsorship allows AgriSafe to provide free course instruction and training materials. Under our open share platform, once certified, you may use the training materials in your classroom setting. Our end goal is to build the capacity of local agricultural educators, rural health professionals and rural leaders to train young workers. 

Speaker: Knesha Rose-Davison, MPH

Public Health Program Director, AgriSafe Network

To view our webinar and related resources, please visit https://learning.agrisafe.org/NFSHW2020.

Join us as we introduce participants to the world of child agricultural safety and health. After learning about benefits, risks and hazards of living, working and playing on farms, we will explore safety strategies for safeguarding children. We will help participants build a toolkit for safeguarding children and youth in the agricultural environment. All tools and resources used to build these toolkits are available free of charge.

Speaker: Melissa Ploeckelman

Outreach Specialist, National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety

To view our webinar and related resources, please visit https://learning.agrisafe.org/NFSHW2020.

The business of agriculture presents a myriad of hazards, including exposures to dusts, molds, pesticides and other chemicals, gases, as well as welding fumes and particles. Deciding what protection to use to prevent acute and chronic respiratory diseases is confusing. In addition, just finding the right protective gear can be a challenge. This webinar will address those issues and provide information on the importance of fit testing and fit (seal)checks.

Speaker: Charlotte Halverson, RN, BSN, COHN-S, Clinical Director, AgriSafe Network

To view webinar and resources please visit https://learning.agrisafe.org/NFSHW2020

Tractors and machinery have traditionally been a leading cause of fatal and nonfatal injuries on and around farms and ranches. The Planting the Seeds of Tractor and Machinery Safety webinar will cover the basic hazards associated with agricultural tractors and machinery and how to prevent injuries from these hazards.

Speaker: Aaron M. Yoder, PhD 

Associate Professor, Environmental, Agricultural and Occupational Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Extension - Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Visit https://learning.agrisafe.org/NFSHW2020 to view the webinar and related resources. 

Shay Foulk, speaks with Knesha Rose-Davison of AgriSafe Network about safety on the job. Thirty-six percent of the 3.4 million producers counted in the census are women. Education will focus on all women including farmworker women and their employers on reporting violent incidents to authorities, making employees aware of their legal rights, safe work practices, medical referrals, treatment, and options including counseling if needed.

Presenters:  Knesha Rose-Davison,MPH Public Health Programs Director, AgriSafe Network  

Jody Early, Ph.D., M.S., MCHES Associate Professor, Faculty Coordinator, Health Education and Promotoin Minor, School of Nursing and Health Studies, University of Washington Bothell  

Dennise Drury, MPH Student & Outreach and Education Specialist Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center

To register for this free webinar, please click here. 

Shay Foulk talks with Natalie Roy, Executive Director of the Agrisafe Network about National Farm Safety and Health (NFSH) Week . National Farm Safety and Health Week has been recognized during the third week of September for seventy-six years, since 1944. AgriSafe has organized activities to support awareness for agricultural health and safety professionals and producers alike in conjunction with organizations such as the National Education Center for Agricultural Safety (NECAS). The 2020 theme “Every Farmer Counts,” reminds us that it is everyone’s responsibility to prioritize the issues that are faced in the agricultural community. 

Registration for all webinars is free and open to the public.  To register for webinars, please click here. 

Tara Haskins, Total Farmer Health Director with the AgriSafe Network, talks to Shay about the exciting innovations taking place around the country, and how they are impacting agricultural communities. This is a webinar you won't want to miss! Register HERE: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7925807987046813195

The business of agriculture presents a myriad of hazards, including exposures to dusts, molds, pesticides and other chemicals, gases, as well as welding fumes and particles. Deciding what protection to use to prevent acute and chronic respiratory diseases is confusing. In addition, just finding the right protective gear can be a challenge. Shay talk with Charlotte Halverson, an occupational health nurse for the AgriSafe Network that serves as the network’s clinical director. In that capacity, she researches, develops resources, and presents webinar and in person educational sessions on a variety of health and safety topics specific to the agricultural workforce. They talk all things respiratory health moving into a new harvest/Fall season. Register for the full webinar HERE: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6154370509860412176

Resources:

https://agn.memberclicks.net/assets/docs/RespiratoryResources/respirator%20options%20guide%208x11%20june%202017.pdf    A respirator selection guide

https://www.agrisafe.org/personal-protective-equipment    a brief algorithm to determine appropriate protection

https://www.agrisafe.org/respirator-fit-testing  Information to comply with standards regarding fit testing

https://osha.oregon.gov/OSHAPubs/3654.pdf   Oregon OSHA – Agriculture – the Air You Breathe. A respiratory program development guide for agricultural employers

Shay Foulk talks with Linda Emanuel of the Agrisafe Network about Back Injury Prevention and recovery. Back injuries are one of the most common forms of farm-related injuries.  Protection of the spine and related musculature is one of the most important steps a producer can do to remain active on the farm. Men and women are equally prone to work-related back pain and the first episode usually occurs between the ages of 20 and 40. Training will focus on whole body vibration, causes of back injuries/pain, doable strategies to prevent injuries/pain, and other considerations. Be sure to register HERE. 

Resources to use 

AgriSafe Pilates Poster

AgriSafe Yoga Poster

Ready to Farm 

Whole Body Vibration - Handout 

Tara Haskins, DNP, RN, is a nurse with AgriSafe. She is heading up their Total Farmer Health initiative. We speak today about Tara's background in nursing and how she came to be with AgriSafe. We then talk about the challenges facing ag producers and rural America in regards to mental health. Finally, we discuss Agrisafe's upcoming webinar on Mental Health in Farm and Ranch Country.

To listen to the recorded webinar on Mental Health in Farm and Ranch Country: How Communities Can Help! (7-30-20) please visit - https://learning.agrisafe.org/products/mental-health-in-farm-and-ranch-country-how-communities-can-help

Special Thanks to Ag State of Mind with Jason Meadows for sharing the interview and podcast footage! 

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