Engaging Guestworkers in Occupational Safety Research in Forestry
The southern US contains some of the most intensively managed forests in the world that provide the bulk of the nation’s softwood lumber and pulp. There is a paucity of research on the burden of injury, illness, and fatalities among reforestation workers in this region. Latino guestworkers make up more than 85% of the reforestation […]
Protecting Young Adults in the Agricultural Workforce
As an employer of young adult workers (usually referred to as between the ages of 16 – 24), you are not only hiring someone to do a job, but also preparing workers in agriculture production for the future and providing valued work experience. Young people in the work force are still developing physically and mentally […]
Center updating research on Southeastern agricultural health and safety
Data about the safety and health of agricultural, forestry and fisheries workers in Florida is severely outdated, according to the director of a newly formed agricultural health and safety center, and is a major reason the new Southeastern Coastal Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (SCCAHS) was established. SCCAHS explores and addresses the occupational safety […]
Education, preparedness help save lives from heat illness
The Southeastern Coastal Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (SCCAHS) is partnering with other U.S. Agricultural Safety and Health Centers to share critical information for farming, fishing and forestry industries in a campaign to prevent heat illness and deaths in agriculture. The University of Florida is the lead institution of SCCAHS, partnering with the University […]
UF Law research faculty joins multidisciplinary worker health initiative
UF Law Research Faculty Joan Flocks is a key member of a new multidisciplinary, five-year center to decipher the occupational health and safety concerns of individuals working in the forestry, fishing and agricultural industries. The University of Florida is hosting the new Southeastern Coastal Center for Agricultural Health and Safety which is funded through a nearly […]
SCCAHS Logic Models
Center’s Logic Model Research Projects’ Logic Models Research Project 1: Occupational health and safety surveillance of Gulf seafood workers Research Project 2: Extent of Agricultural Pesticide Applications in Florida Using Best Practices Research Project 3: Pesticide and heat stress education for Latino farmworkers that is culturally appropriate Emerging Issues Program Logic Model Outreach Program Logic […]
2017 Beat the Heat National Campaign
Join the Summer 2017 Beat the Heat campaign to prevent heat illness and deaths in agriculture. The U.S. Agricultural Safety and Health Centers (US Ag Centers) are joining the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to share critical information for farming, fishing, and forestry industries.
NIOSH Research Grant Program. Call for Proposals, Announcement No. PAR-13-129
The purpose of this grant program is to develop an understanding of the risks and conditions associated with occupational diseases and injuries, to explore methods for reducing risks and for preventing or minimizing exposure to hazardous conditions in the workplace, and to translate significant scientific findings into prevention practices and products that will effectively reduce […]
SCCAHS announces its Pilot/Feasibility Program call for proposals
The Pilot/Feasibility Program is a key component of the Southeastern Coastal Center for Agricultural Health and Safety (SCCAHS). This program will provide seed funds to stimulate original projects relevant to health and safety in the agricultural, forestry, and fishery (AFF) industries. Projects may include basic/etiologic research, translational research, intervention studies, and/or surveillance. Our goal is […]
UF to receive nearly $10 million to support new agricultural safety and health center
The University of Florida has received a grant of nearly $10 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, or NIOSH, for a five-year project to explore the occupational safety and health of people working in agriculture, fishing and forestry in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi […]
