Farm Safety and Farm Labor Management
Farm Safety and Farm Labor Management
University of California and affiliates
- Western Center of Agricultural Health and Safety: One of nine agricultural health and safety centers established in the US by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) for the purpose of protecting and improving the health and safety of farmers, farmworkers, and consumers. The Center is affiliated with the UC Davis Medical School and the Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine
- Agricultural Ergonomics Research Center: The mission of this program is apply ergonomic approaches to the development of equipment designs and work practices that prevent musculoskeletal disorders in agricultural work. Affiliated with the UC Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department, UC Davis
- Agricultural Labor Management: Gregory Encina Billikopf,UCCE Labor Management Farm Advisor, Merced and Stanislaus Co., Resources to farm employers, academia and consultants.
- This website in Spanish: Administracion Laboral Agricola
- Spanish language: Learn English, Learn Spanish, English/Spanish dictionary.
Other Resources
- AgSafe: The mission of this California organization is to promotes educational activities, conferences, regional meetings, applied research, and provide information about agricultural safety in California information
- California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA): protects workers and the public from safety hazards through its various programs
- US Dept. of Labor, Occupational safety and Health Assoc. (OSHA): Agricultural Operations: Provides safety standards and other information relevant to agricultural work
- National Center for Farmworker Health and Safety: The mission of this private, nonprofit corporation is to improve the health status of farmworker families through appropriate application of human, technical, and information resources. Headquarters in Buda, Texas.
- National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety: Information, regulation and news regarding work-related illness and injury.