Agricultural Safety and Health: The Core Course
Hybrid – 2023
Asynchronous activites to complete before June 1st
(15:00) Complete Pre-course Questionnaire
(34:00) Video: How Much Money Do Farmers Make?
Growing Safely Videos:
(5:32) Anhydrous Ammonia Safety https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYodpPEVyPc
(4:06) Fatigue Safety https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0xg9i1OOWM
(4:53) PTO Safety https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIyoYCqpsGo
(3:52) Sun Safety https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldGvjz_th5o
(5:43) Grain Bin Safety https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4ZuILo-npU
Thursday, June 1, 2023 (Zoom)
12:00 – 12:30 Welcome/Announcements/Introductions (Rohlman)
12:30 – 2:00 Occupational Safety and Health in Agriculture/Surveillance Case Study (Rohlman)
2:00 – 2:10 Break
2:10 – 3:10 Industrial Hygiene Paradigm/Research Spotlight (Nonnenmann)
3:10 – 3:40 Transportation Hazards: Injuries and Rural Roadways (Rohlman)
3:40 – 5:00 Transportation Hazards in Agriculture: ATV/UTV (Jennissen)
Friday, June 2, 2023 – Tour of ISU Ag Farms (required for UI Students, optional for CE participants)
7:00 – 9:00 Travel to ISU (and 10 minute break)
9:10 – 9:40 Meet at 450 Farm or Hansen Ag Learning Center for Introduction
9:40 – 11:10 Use and Selection of Personal Protective Equipment (Sheridan)
11:10 – 12:10 Working Lunch – Discussion/Introduction of farm tours with box lunches
12:10 – 4:00 Farm Tours: Ag 450 Farm, Beef Farm, Poultry Farm, Swine Farm (order TBD)
4:00 – 6:00 Travel to Iowa City
Asynchronous activites to complete during the week of June 5-9, 2023
(60:00) Online Module: Physical Agents for Agricultural Health
(60:00) Online Module: Transportation Hazards in Agriculture
(60:00) Online Module: Livestock Handling
(60:00) Online Module: Occupational Diseases of the Lung in Agricultural Settings
(60:00) Online Module: Occupational Skin Disorders in Agriculture
(60:00) Online Module: Personal Protective Equipment (for those who did not attend the field trip)
Online Modules listed below must be completed by Friday, June 9, 2023
Asynchronous activity to complete before Friday, June 16th
(22:00) Recorded Lecture: Occupational Hazards in Swine Production (Fowler)
(38:50) Recorded Lecture: Rural Health Provider Case Studies (Van Balen)
Friday, June 16, 2023 (Zoom)
10:00 – 11:00 Discussion of Occ. Skin Disorders and Diseases of the Lungs in Agricultural Settings (Rupe)
11:00 – 12:00 Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Agricultural Workers (Iverson)
12:00 – 12:30 Lunch Break
12:30 – 1:30 Pork Producer Industry Perspective and Farm Tour (Fowler)
1:30 – 2:30 Telehealth (Zahnd)
2:30 – 2:40 Break
2:40 – 4:15 Pesticides (Rohlman)
Asynchronous activity to complete before Friday, June 23rd
(49:54) Recorded lecture: Case Studies from a Large Agricultural Employer. Matthew Moncus, MPH, CSP, Environmental Program Manager, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
Friday, June 23, 2023 (Zoom)
10:00 – 11:30 Agricultural Injury (Neenan)
11:30 – 12:00 Lunch Break
12:00 – 1:15 Implementing Prevention Practices Based on Biological Risk Assessment (Lee)
1:15 – 2:45 Behavioral Health in Agricultural Populations (and activity) (Rohlman)
2:45 – 2:55 Break
2:55 – 3:15 Case Study (Rohlman)
3:15 – 4:15 Cancer in Agricultural Populations (Davis)
Asynchronous activity to complete before Friday, June 30th
(44:10) Podcast: Conversation with Rural EMS: Brad Kruse, Agricultural Safety and Rescue Instructor. Grain bin, manure gas and other farm hazards.
Friday, June 30, 2023 (Zoom)
10:00 – 11:00 Medication Related Agricultural Injury (Cochran)
11:00 – 12:00 Ergonomics in Agriculture (Nonnenmann)
12:00 – 12:30 Lunch Break
12:30 – 1:30 Youth Case Studies (Rohlman)
1:30 – 1:40 Break
1:40 – 2:10 Emergency Preparedness (Rohlman)
2:10 – 3:45 Prevention of Illness and Injury in Ag Populations (Rohlman)
3:45 – 4:15 Wrap Up: GPCAH and other resources, final questions, complete posttest and evaluation (Rohlman)
*Schedule subject to change