Abstract
This special issue consists of 11 papers documenting scientific and industry interactions from the first joint Agricultural Safety and Health Council of America and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health conference, "Be Safe, Be Profitable: Protecting Workers in Agriculture," held January 27-28, 2010, in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. These articles cover topics that were selected by the conference organizers as being of compelling interest to the community of public health, safety professionals, and agricultural producers with a shared interest in the safety and health of America's farmers and agricultural workers.
Keywords
Agriculture; Agricultural-chemicals; Agricultural-industry; Agricultural-machinery; Agricultural-processes; Agricultural-workers; Farmers; Work-practices; Worker-health; Safety-practices; Safety-research; Animal-husbandry-workers; Animal-products-workers; Health-programs; Livestock; Pesticides-and-agricultural-chemicals; Health-science-personnel; Disease-prevention; Injury-prevention; Tractors; Food-processing-workers; Racial-factors