ND Conference on Injury Prevention

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ND Conference on Injury Prevention Control

• Intervention Programs
• of Farm Safety
• Gail Scherweit
• gails_at_ndfb.org
• North Dakota Farm Bureau
• www.ndfb.org

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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

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17 YRS OF ABC

• Volunteers include
• FFA
• Public Health
• NDFB Members

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Safety at Living Ag Classrooms

• Field trip for 4th graders in vicinity of Fargo
• Bismarck
• Minot

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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

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NDFB Safety Displays

• www.ndfb.org/safety

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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

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Earlier Safety Grants of NDFB

• Rural Childcare Initiative
• Safe Play Areas
• Farm Family Safety Grant
• Equestrian Helmets

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NIOSH Agricultural Centers
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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

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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

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NAGCAT

• North American Guidelines for Childrens
  Agricultural Tasks www.nagcat.org

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SAFE PLAY BOOKLET

• Created by National Childrens Center in
  Marshfield, WI
• 32-page booklet
• Available online

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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

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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

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• 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/

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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

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ND Injury Statistics

• ND Dept. of Health collected statistics in the
  1990s
• Funding no longer available to collect info
• We collect info from Newspaper clipping service
  and are available upon request
• Contact Gail at gails_at_ndfb.org

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3 Es of Farm Safety

• What could you do to help deliver the 3 Es of
  
• Farm Safety