Description

Join us for CLA's first quarter Safety Group Training on March 27th at 9:00 am via Zoom. The livestock producer safety training seminar will include a presentation on heat illness prevention and ergonomics in agriculture. 

This training is worth 2 Safety Training Credits for CLA Safety Group Participants.

Ergonomics in Livestock Management

David Douphrate, PhD, MPT, MBA, CPE, CSP

Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences in the School of Public Health at Texas A&M University. Dr. Douphrate earned his Ph.D. in Environmental Health with an emphasis in Occupational Ergonomics and Safety from Colorado State University in Ft. Collins, CO.  Dr. Douphrate also holds a Master of Physical Therapy (MPT) from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, TX, and Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton, TX. His research and outreach focus includes workplace health and safety, including the etiology and prevention of work-related injuries and illnesses. For the past twenty years much of his research has been in the agricultural, forestry, and fishing (AgFF) industrial sector which annually ranks as having the highest injury and fatality rates among all industrial sectors.

Heat Illness Prevention on Agriculture Operations

Whitney Pennington, MPH, Outreach Lead HICAHS

Learn best practices to prevent heat-related illness in people and identify resources to help you enhance heat illness prevention at your operation. This presentation will help agricultural businesses comply with the new rules on water, breaks, shade, and annual training that were part of SB-87 or the Ag Labor Rights & Responsibilities Act (ALRRA) and have been in effect since 2022. OSHA estimates that one case of occupational heat exposure may cost employers up to $79,000 in healthcare and loss of productivity costs. Previously, the rate of occupational heat-related deaths in agriculture has been estimated to be as much as 35 times higher than that of all industries combined. Common work-related risk factors in agriculture includes heavy workloads, use of protective equipment, and work in indoor areas with limited ventilation. This session will help business owners learn about this risks and introduce workplace policies to decrease this risk of heat illness in workers at their operation.