Sept. 19-25 is National Farm Safety and Health Week
In a typical year, 551 workers die while doing agricultural work in the United States and about 88,000 suffer lost-time injuries. Most of these incidents are preventable.
National Farm Safety and Health Week (Sept. 19-25) recognizes the hazardous nature of the agriculture industry and promotes awareness of safety solutions. This annual event was initiated by the National Safety Council in 1944 and has been proclaimed as such by each U.S. president since. In conjunction with the weeklong observance, the National Institute for Farm Safety is sharing its collective expertise with an updated list of farm safety and health professionals, who serve as contacts for agricultural safety and health issues, in order to provide access to local professionals.
The list can be found on the NIFS website at http://www.nifsagsafety.org./ There also will be a link to the list from the website of the National Education Center for Agricultural Safety (http://www.necasag.org/). NECAS is the agricultural partner for the NSC, and has developed a variety of other safety articles and public service announcements on this year’s theme for National Farm Safety and Health Week, ATVs: Work Smart, Ride Safe.
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