ND Conference on Injury Prevention & Control

Intervention Programs of Farm Safety

Gail Scherweitgails@ndfb.org

North Dakota Farm Bureauwww.ndfb.org

Gearing Up for Safety

• Production Agriculture Safety Training for Youth

• CD given to each Ag educator in ND

• Students become certified to operate equipment on the farm

• Created at Purdue University

17 YRS OF ABC

Volunteers include:

FFAPublic

HealthNDFB

Members

Safety at Living Ag Classrooms

• Field trip for 4th graders in vicinity of Fargo

Bismarck

Minot

NDFB Support for Farm Safety Day Events

• Become a Progressive Ag Foundation Safety Day by applying by 15th of July for following year

• Application available at www.progressiveag.org• NDFB Foundation award includes:

1. Up to $250 to travel to coordinator training 2. $400 for expenses for the event

3. Materials for participants

4. Use of Safety Displays

NDFB Safety Displays

www.ndfb.org/safety

Farm Safety Week

• National Safety Council focus is the 3rd full week of September. www.nsc.org

• American FB focus is first full week of March. It is “Ag Safety Awareness” week. www.agsafetynow.com

Earlier Safety Grants of NDFB

• Rural Childcare Initiative

• Safe Play Areas

• Farm Family Safety Grant

• Equestrian Helmets

NIOSH Agricultural Centers

Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health (GPCAH)

• Located at the University of Iowa

• NDFB serves on the Regional Advisory Committee of GPCAH

• GPCAH is hosting conference in March in Des Moines– “Farm Equipment/Motor Vehicle

Crash Prevention Conference”

ND “ASH” Committee

• Agriculture Safety & Health (ASH)

• Created with funding from GPCAH

• Members include Public Health, Cooperative Extension, Farm Bureau, Farm Safety 4 Just Kids, Ag Educators, and Mental Health Association

• Review issues twice a year

NAGCAT

• North American Guidelines for Children’s Agricultural Tasks www.nagcat.org

SAFE PLAY BOOKLET

Created by National Children’s Center in Marshfield, WI

32-page booklet

Available online

What Would You Do? Book from Iowa State University

• For Children age 4-8

• Parents review with child to help them understand Farm Hazards

• www.fs4jk.org

AGRI-SAFE

• Available in SW corner of state

• Health professionals who provide agricultural occupational health and safety services to farmers and their families

• Presentation done here yesterday by Denise Andress of West River Health Services of Hettinger, ND

• www.agrisafe.org

• Finger tip braking device helps those limited due to paralysis or amputation

• Spinner knob helps those with limited grip or prosthetics

• Many, many more devices available

• No AgrAbility in ND, refer patients to national program at http://www.agrabilityproject.org/

Who is eligible for AgrAbility services?

• amputations • back pain • cancer • cerebral palsy • diabetes • multiple sclerosis • post-polio syndrome • spinal cord injury • traumatic brain injuries • arthritis

• blindness or vision impairments

• cardiac problems • deafness or hearing

impairments • mental retardation • muscular dystrophy • respiratory problems • stroke

ND Injury Statistics

• ND Dept. of Health collected statistics in the 1990’s

• Funding no longer available to collect info

• We collect info from Newspaper clipping service and are available upon request

• Contact Gail at gails@ndfb.org

3 E‘s of Farm Safety

What could you do to help deliver the 3 E’s of

Farm Safety

EDUCATIONENGINEERING

ENCOURAGEMENT