Being Part of Something Bigger – UMASH and the University of Minnesota
UMASH and our work with stress and resiliency in the farm community was recently featured on the homepage of the University of Minnesota. …
Farm Safety Check: Sharps Handling Safety
Farmers, ranchers, veterinarians, and agricultural workers are susceptible to needlestick injuries on the job. Prevent these kinds of injuries through worker training and best practices with sharps storage, handling, and disposal. …
Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety Pilot Projects
The Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety (MCOHS) is now accepting applications for their pilot projects research training program. Grants ranging from $5,000 to a maximum of $20,000 are available to occupational health and safety (OHS) researchers at educational institutions in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Areas of OHS include industrial hygiene, occupational and environmental health nursing, occupational and environmental epidemiology, occupational and environmental medicine, occupational health services research and policy, injury epidemiology and safety, ergonomics, toxicology, health physics, and occupational health psychology.
Application deadline is April 19, 2019.
SPOTLIGHT: Building capacity for respiratory health
The University of Minnesota (UMN) Extension’s Pesticide Safety and Environmental Education team is hosting a series of free, hands-on respirator fit testing workshops for farmers and health and safety professionals who would like to be trained to offer fit testing services across the state. …
GPCAH Pilot Grant Program
The Great Plains Center offers grant funding to both scholarly researchers and community organizations engaged in agricultural safety and health activities. The objective of this small grant program is to serve as an incubator for new agricultural health and safety research, prevention, intervention, community outreach, and translation projects that have high likelihood of leading to more comprehensive projects or activities. It is anticipated that the GPCAH will fund three or four projects during the 2018-19 funding cycle. …
Casper Bendixsen Named Director of NFMC
UMASH partner and researcher, Casper “Cap” Bendixsen, Ph.D, has been named director of the National Farm Medicine Center. …
Return to Work Project Featured in the Journal of Medical Internet Research
Bryan Weichelt, PhD, Director of the Return to Work project was recently published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research with this innovative program. …
Living the Organic Life
Megan Schossow and Carol Peterson presented at one of the Roundtable sessions at the Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES) conference. …
Farm Safety Check: Skid Steer Safety
Skid steers are a common and critical piece of equipment on the farm. With moving buckets, blind spots, and varying center of balance, these machines can be dangerous to operators and bystanders despite the productivity benefits. While they pose hazards like pinch points, runovers, and entrapment, safe operation is possible. …
It’s EXPO Time – Carver County Dairy Expo 2019
Chela Vazquez and Carol Peterson attended the 2019 Carver County Dairy Expo and exhibited UMASH resources on topics relevant to dairy farmers. …