National Farm Safety and Health Week is Sept. 21-25

The 2022 data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that the agricultural sector is still the most dangerous in America, with 417 fatalities.

Fall harvest time can be one of the busiest and most dangerous seasons of the year for agriculture. For this reason, the third week of September has been recognized as National Farm Safety and Health Week.

This annual promotion initiated by the National Safety Council has been proclaimed as such by each sitting U.S. president since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944. National Farm Safety and Health Week is led by the National Education Center for Agricultural Safety (NECAS), the agricultural partner of the National Safety Council.

First responders conduct a drill involving grain bin rescue. Image credit - Jeff Ishee

This year, National Farm Safety and Health Week is Sept. 21-25, using the theme “Safety today. Success tomorrow.”

Each day features a specific farm safety topic. NECAS will host webinars and has provided an extensive collection of resources to provide information on safe farm practices.

The daily topic schedule, with links to course and registration information, is as follows:

Sept. 21 - Equipment and Rural Roadway Safety

Noon  Pathways to Progress: Safer Routes, Stronger Communities

2 p.m.  These Shared Roads: Using Stories in Rural Roadway Safety Education

Sept. 22 - Health and Wellness

Noon  CALM Conversations on Access to Lethal Means

2 p.m. Noise in Agriculture: An Overlooked Occupational Hazard

4 p.m. The Cost of Fatigue in Agriculture: Practical Solutions to Protect Workers and Increase Productivity

Sept. 23 - Generations of Farming

Noon  Telling the Story: Using Personal Experiences to Strengthen Farm Safety and Well-Being

Sept. 24 - Confined Spaces

Noon  Confined Space Safety in Agriculture

2 p.m.  Increasing Awareness for Confined Space Safety

4 p.m.  More than FEMA: Building True Rural Disaster Resilience

Sept. 25 - Cancer Prevention

Noon  https://learning.agrisafe.org/ecommerce/products/boots-bales-biopsies-women-s-health-on-the-farm

2 p.m.  Cancer Knowledge, Exposure Beliefs, and Prevention Behaviors: Insights from Iowa’s Agricultural Communities

Click here to register for all webinars.