Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing Research at NIOSH
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing Research at NIOSH

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2008-06-10

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 0309177693

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The agriculture, forestry, and fishing sectors are the cornerstone of industries that produce food, fiber, and biofuel. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) conducts research in order to improve worker safety and health in these sectors. This National Research Council book reviews the NIOSH Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing Program to evaluate the 1) relevance of its work to improvements in occupational safety and health and 2) the impact of research in reducing workplace illnesses and injuries. The assessment reveals that the program has made meaningful contributions to improving worker safety and health in these fields. To enhance the relevance and impact of its work and fulfill its mission, the NIOSH Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing Program should provide national leadership, coordination of research, and activities to transfer findings, technologies, and information into practice. The program will also benefit from establishing strategic goals and implementing a comprehensive surveillance system in order to better identify and track worker populations at risk.

Safety and Health for Engineers
Safety and Health for Engineers

Author: Roger L. Brauer

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2006-05-24

Total Pages: 766

ISBN-13: 0471750921

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The essential guide to blending safety and health with economical engineering Over time, the role of the engineer has evolved into a complex combination of duties and responsibilities. Modern engineers are required not only to create products and environments, but to make them safe and economical as well. Safety and Health for Engineers, Second Edition is a comprehensive guide that helps engineers reconcile safety and economic concerns using the latest cost-effective methods of ensuring safety in all facets of their work. It addresses the fundamentals of safety, legal aspects, hazard recognition, the human element of safety, and techniques for managing safety in engineering decisions. Like its successful predecessor, this Second Edition contains a broad range of topics and examples, detailed references to information and standards, real-world application exercises, and a significant bibliography of books for each chapter. Inside this indispensable resource, you'll find: * The duties and legal responsibilities for which engineers are accountable * Updated safety laws and regulations and their enforcement agencies * An in-depth study of hazards and their control * A thorough discussion of human behavior, capabilities, and limitations * Key instruction on managing safety and health through risk management, safety analyses, and safety plans and programs Additionally, Safety and Health for Engineers includes the latest legal considerations, new risk analysis methods, system safety and decision-making tools, and today's concepts and methods in ergonomic design. It also contains revised reference figures and tables, OSHA permissible exposure limits, and updated examples and exercises taken from real cases that challenged engineering designs. Written for engineers, plant managers, safety professionals, and students, Safety and Health for Engineers, Second Edition provides the information and tools you need to unite health and safety with economical engineering for safer technological solutions.

Papers and Proceedings of the Surgeon General's Conference on Agricultural Safety and Health
Papers and Proceedings of the Surgeon General's Conference on Agricultural Safety and Health

Author: Melvin L. Myers

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1994-07

Total Pages: 686

ISBN-13: 9780788112256

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The purpose of this conference was to raise consciousness, build coalitions, disseminate information, and encourage action to prevent injury and diseases in agriculture. Covers surveillance; research in chemical, biological, mechanical and physical hazards; intervention (protecting agricultural workers from hazards, and safe behaviors among adults and children), and much more. Over 150 papers, poster and video abstracts. Charts, tables and maps. Index.

NIOSH Warns MidWest of Hazards of Flood Cleanup Work
NIOSH Warns MidWest of Hazards of Flood Cleanup Work

Author: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 4

ISBN-13:

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"NIOSH warns about the hazards involved for those assisting in clean- up after natural disasters, specifically floods. Hazards associated with this type of work include electrical hazards, carbon-monoxide (630080) exposure, musculoskeletal hazards, thermal stresses, heavy equipment hazards, structural instability, hazardous materials, fire, drowning, confined spaces, power line hazards, agricultural hazards, stress, and fatigue. Preventive measures addressed include a knowledge of and availability of first aid, even for the most minor of cuts and burns. Personal protective equipment of importance includes hard hats, goggles, heavy work gloves, and watertight boots with steel toe and insole. Excessive noise from equipment such as chain saws, backhoes, tractors, pavement breakers, blowers, and dryers may cause ringing in the ears and subsequent hearing damage. Hazards of confined space must be understood. These include limited openings for entry or exit, unfavorable natural ventilation, or designs limiting continuous worker occupancy. Specific agricultural hazards addressed include confined spaces on farms, respiratory hazards due to wet crops, and the molding of stored hay. The risk of injury and illness can be reduced by setting priorities for clean up tasks and pacing the work over several days, resuming a normal sleep schedule as quickly as possible, taking advantage of disaster relief programs and services in the community, and being alert to emotional exhaustion or strain." - NIOSHTIC-2

Child Labor Research Needs
Child Labor Research Needs

Author: NIOSH Child Labor Working Team

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13:

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The Child Labor Working Team of the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH) presents child labor research needs identified as of July 1996 & recommends interagency collaborations. In addition, the Team supplies information about youth employment, occupational injury & illness in young workers, Federal & State regulation of child labor, & national objectives for the occupational safety & health of youths. The Team also describes 10 NIOSH projects focused on young workers in 1996.