Agricultural Resource Links

NIOSH Agricultural Centers
Click here to view the NIOSH Ag Center fact sheet

• Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety & Health Center
  Washington
  
• Western Center for Agricultural Health & Safety
  California
  
• High Plains Intermountain Center for Agricultural Health & Safety
  Colorado
  
• Southwest Center for Agricultural Health, Injury Prevention & Education
  Texas
  
• Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health
  Iowa
  
• Southeast Center for Agricultural Health &Injury Prevention
  Kentucky
  
• Northeast Center for Agricultural Safety & Health
  New York
  
• Great Lakes Center for Agricultural Safety and Health
  Ohio
  
• Southern Coastal Agromedicine Center
  North Carolina
  
• National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety
  Wisconsin
  

Other Agricultural Safety Resource Links

• 4-H Youth Livestock Video Training
• AgSafe
• Are You A Safe Farmer- NIOSH brochure 2010
• The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) provides trade association services for companies that manufacture equipment worldwide in Agriculture, Construction, Forestry, Mining and Utility. AEM’s safety mission is to provide and enhance safe equipment operation guidance. Visit AEM’s safety material website.
• Hearing Safety Brochures: Can You Hear Me? ; Have You Heard?
• Farm Safety 4 Just Kids
• Food Safety Information Center
• Migrant Clinicians Network
• The Missouri Arthritis Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (MARRTC) and the Missouri AgrAbility Project (MAP)
• National Agricultural Library
• NASD: National Ag Safety Database
• National Center for Farmworker Health
• National Safety Council- Agricultural Safety
• NIOSH
• NIOSH Ag Center Fact Sheet
• Pesticide Education Fact Sheets from Penn State
• Ranch TV-a virtual video library designed to teach beef cattle producers the best management practice for beef quality.
• SW Ag Center Fact Sheet
• Youth at Work: Talking Safety is a curriculum dedicated to reducing occupational injuries and illnesses among working youth.

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The Bracero History Archive is a traveling exhibition exploring the history of the Bracero Program in the U.S.. Through photographs & audio excerpts from oral histories, this exhibition examines the experiences of bracero workers & their families while providing insight into Mexican American history & historical context to today’s debates on guest worker programs.

• Click here to take a virtual tour of the exhibit.
• If you would like more information on the exhibit you can click here.

Agricultural Bioaerosols – IRSST technical data sheet
Quebec Occupational Health and Safety Research Institute (IRSST) has just published a technical data sheet informing on respiratory protection against agricultural bioaerosols.
Conceived to help the prevention activities, this technical data sheet, named Agricultural Bioaerosols offers general and practical information on respiratory protective equipment. The micro-organisms generated by animals and the decomposition of organic matter may cause respiratory problems. The authors propose different types of respiratory protection devices and some instructions for use.
To download the technical data sheet, please visit: http://www.irsst.qc.ca/fr/_publicationirsst_100402.html " rel="external"

MARRTC researchers put together a DVD to help people in the agricultural industry deal with arthritis. The DVD, titled “Farming with Arthritis,” features farmers in real-life scenarios. It is also a useful tool for physicians and other health-care providers in better understanding the challenges specific to farming population.
To watch the DVD online click: "Farming with Arthritis"