The Minnesota legislature approved funding for a tractor safety program to help Minnesota farmers add rollover protection to older tractors.  Under this program, Minnesota will now have the nation’s best-funded tractor safety plan. Tractor accidents were the number one cause of death, accounting for more than 1,700 fatalities among U.S. farmworkers …

The Zika virus is a real threat to agricultural workers in some parts of the country. To help combat the spread and minimize the threat caused by this virus, OSHA and NIOSH collaborated to create a Zika Virus Fact Sheet. This new fact sheet provides interim guidance to employers and workers with information and directions on preventing occupational …

Jeff Bender, DVM, MS DACVPM, UMASH Co-Director and Carolyn Sheridan, RN, BSN, Clinical Director, AgriSafe Network,  co-taught “Minimizing Transmission of Infectious Diseases During Outbreaks: Public Health Protection for You and Your Workforce” May 23-27, 2016 as part of the Public Health Institute.   This course included discussion on preventing …

The 2016 National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) Symposium was held Wednesday, May 4 at Mayo Memorial Auditorium at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. The symposium was co-sponsored by the Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety (MCOHS) and the Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center (UMASH).  The featured …