Transcript Farm Safety Programs to Meet OSHA Needs on Minnesota Dairy Farms

Farm Safety Programs to Meet
OSHA Needs on Minnesota
Dairy Farms
CHUCK SCHWARTAU
REGIONAL EXTENSION DIRECTOR
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION
[email protected]
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EVIDENCE OF PRODUCER
DEMAND
 MN Milk Producers Ass’n Annual Meeting Preconference seminar
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25 farmer participants
Long on OSHA
Short on dairy farm information
Timeliness of 2012 RME application deadline!
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NOTES ON OSHA AND DAIRY
FARMS
 Specifically prepared standards are fairly
sparse for livestock production agriculture
 Livestock Emphasis Programs
– Wisconsin
– New England
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GOALS OF PROJECT
 Assess and inventory risks
 Develop a corrective action
plan
 Checklists of completed
actions
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PROJECT PLAN
 Identify partners
 Research and develop curriculum
 Develop resource list and tools to help
farms write and carry out safety plans
 Fifty farms was target for participation
 Goal of thirty written farm safety plans
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PARTNERS
 Center for Dairy Farm Safety – University
of Wisconsin-River Falls
– Working under OSHA grant
– OSHA model of 10 hour training modules
– Shared curriculum
– Shared in teaching duties in both states
 Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and
Health Consortium (UMASH)
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PARTNERS
 Minnesota Milk Producers’ Ass’n.
 Minnesota Dairy Initiative
 MN State Colleges and Universities
(MnSCU)
 MN Dept. of Labor - OSHA
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INITIAL INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN
 Center for Dairy Safety design
– 2 days
– 8 modules
– Mix of lecture and group work, but heavier on
lecture
– Intended homework between sessions to start
on-farm assessment
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MODULES
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Introduction to OSHA
Injury Trends
Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment
Hazard Communication
Tractors and Farm Machinery
Hazards – Animal Handling and Farm
Structures
7. Personal Protective Equipment
8. Effective Safety and Health Programs
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COMMON CAUSES OF
INJURIES
The Top Three Common Causes of Injury:
Category
Total Number
Animals (dairy
326
cattle)
Slips, trips and
216
falls
Struck by
148
Object
Percent
28%
19%
13%
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HAZARD ID & RISK ASSESSMENT
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AREAS OF FOCUS
 Flight patterns
 Restraints
 Bulls
 Post-parturition cows
 Zoonotic diseases
 Hormones
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PERSONAL PROTECTIVE
EQUIPMENT (PPE)
 Learner Outcomes:
– You will be able to:
1. Identify the requirements for PPE.
2. Develop a hazard assessment program as it
pertains to PPE.
3. Evaluate a variety of PPE devices and
determine the types of equipment necessary for
your farm.
4. Understand the training requirements for your
workers on proper usage of PPE.
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DAILY TEACHING PLAN
 Lecture (PPT and sometimes video)
 Small group exercises working on an
example of a specific assessment or
action plan
 2-day workshops vs. longer 1-day
workshop
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FARM ACTION PLANS
Action
Within 1
month
Within 3
months
Within 6
months
Within 9
months
Within 1 year
Job Hazard Analysis
Employee Training
on Farm Chemical
Use
Employee Training
on Specific
Equipment
Employee Training
on Safe Animal
Handling
Set Up a Safety
Record System
Collect Necessary
MSDS
Machinery
Inspections and
Hazard Corrections
Obtain Appropriate
PPE for Employees
Seek assistance from
others to work on
safety plans
Establish a System
for Employee
Reporting of Hazards
Others:
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FOLLOW-UP REPORT
Action
Action Started
Progress Made
Action Still
Needed
Action
Completed
Job Hazard Analysis
Employee Training
on Farm Chemical
Use
Employee Training
on Specific
Equipment
Employee Training
on Safe Animal
Handling
Set Up a Safety
Record System
Collect Necessary
MSDS
Machinery
Inspections and
Hazard Corrections
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FOLLOW-UP
 Letters to participants at 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12
months
 Sent copy of their intended action plans
from the workshop
 Asked for a return of the report sheet with
action taken and progress made or notes
of progress
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FINAL RESULTS
 75 participants
– 30 individuals representing 25 individual
farms
– Custom operators seminar with 50
participants
 Impacted nearly 600 employees
 60% of farms took significant steps toward
written safety plans
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FINAL RESULTS EXAMPLES
 One farm with 40 employees completed a
written plan
 One farm operation with 9 sites and 400
employees has safety committees on each
farm and written plans in place
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PARTICIPANT COMMENTS
Farm with a recent minor incident knew
something had to be done to get employees
more involved and committed to safety –
“This program was exactly what I needed.”
“This provided just the tools I needed to
initiate a program on my farm.”
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UNEXPECTED RESULTS
 Large farm unit with multiple sites and
hundreds of employees
 Outside interest in the program
– Other producer groups
– Custom operators
– Other Extension and industry groups
interested in offering similar programs
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LESSONS LEARNED
 Like other workforce management topics,
expressed interest doesn’t always
translate into later program participation
 10 hour OSHA course was not acceptable
to audience
 “Pruned” course of 5 – 6 hours was
acceptable
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LESSONS LEARNED
 Personal plans of action at workshop end
and follow-up seemed to be effective
toward getting results
 Magazine articles generate interest in the
subject, although they may not result in full
safety plans
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LESSONS LEARNED
 Some other countries have more stringent
safety regulations which also mean they
have more highly developed safety
training programs – look for and at them
for tools
 Insurance companies were interested as
partners to promote and sponsor
programs
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TAKE HOME POINTS
 There is recognition that safety is
important
 Keep feeding safety training to employers
as well as employees in small bites so it
doesn’t seem so overwhelming
 Develop and make available a good list of
resources and tools for employers to use
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POTENTIAL RESOURCES
 Center for Dairy Farm Safety
– E:\Dairy\RME conf 2015\Center for Dairy Farm Safety.html
 Australia: “The People in Dairy”
– E:\Dairy\RME conf 2015\Farm Health & Safety Overview Checklist
- Aus.doc
 New Zealand: DairyNZ
– E:\Dairy\RME conf 2015\Health and Safety - DairyNZ.html
 Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry
 http://www.dli.mn.gov/OSHA/PDF/ertk_gi.pdf
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POTENTIAL RESOURCES
 National Farm Medicine Center
– http://www3.marshfieldclinic.org/nfmc/?page=
nfmc_home
 Gemplers Tail Gate Lessons
– www.gemplers.com
 Many Universities have safety units
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Thanks for your kind attention.
Chuck Schwartau
Regional Extension Director
University of Minnesota
Extension
[email protected]
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