Colo.) High Plains Intermountain Center for Agricultural Health and Safety (Fort Collins
Pub. Date
[1999]
Description
We live with thousands of chemicals every day--pesticides, degreasers, weed killers, fertilizers, bug killers, solvents, cleaners, medicine, chemicals of all kinds. Each and every chemical has a purpose. If we use them correctly, they do the job we want them to do. If we misuse them, many chemicals can be harmful. They may make you sick or even cause death. We do not have to stop using chemicals to protect ourselves; we just have to use them safely....
Pub. Date
[1997]
Description
Aluminum irrigation pipes are commonly used in agriculture in the arid West. The lightweight pipes are thirty to forty feet in length and are designed to be connected, moved, and reconnected by hand in irrigated areas during growing seasons. High voltage lines (7200 or 7620 volts) supply power to the irrigation pumps, and are typically suspended twenty to thirty feet above ground. Electrocutions usually occur around the periphery of irrigated fields...
Pub. Date
[1998]
Description
There are nearly 1.7 million children under 20 years of age living on farms and ranches in the United States. Farm children are often needed and expected to help with chores or handle responsibilities at a young age. Due to this fact, and the nature of farming, they are exposed to potentially dangerous situations much more frequently than children in towns or cities.
18) Wheat dust
Pub. Date
[1999]
Description
Many components of "wheat dust" have long been recognized as contributing or causative factors in respiratory diseases. This is also true of many other agricultural dusts. Unfortunately, when the term wheat dust is used, there is much more to it than the dust from wheat alone.
Pub. Date
[1998]
Description
Today's farmers and Agricultural workers are exposed to many on-the-job hazards, which result in a death rate five times greater than all other industries averaged together. Nealy half of the fatalities involve tractors. By using a ROPS and seat belt, and not allowing passengers on the tractor at any time, a very large portion of all tractor related deaths can be prevented.
