Description

Join us for CLA's Quarter Four Safety Group Training on November 12th via Zoom Webinar. The livestock producer safety training seminar will include a presentation on winter weather safety and mental health in agriculture. This training is worth 2 Safety Training Credits for CLA Safety Group Participants. 

  11:55       Join the Zoom webinar

  12:05       Welcome

  12:10       Winter Weather Preparedness and Safety, Aaron M. Yoder, PhD   University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Extension

Winter weather poses many hazards to livestock workers that can cause serious injuries and reduce productivity. This presentation will provide information for workers and managers to prepare for winter weather. At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:

• Identify different types of winter weather work hazards.
• Explain control/prevention strategies associated with winter weather work hazards.
• Discuss how to prepare and follow a safety preparedness plan for winter work hazards.

Aaron Yoder grew up in central Pennsylvania where he spent time working on his grandfather’s beef farm. He has a BS and MS from the Pennsylvania State University in Agricultural Systems Management and a PhD from Purdue University in Agricultural and Biological Engineering. He currently is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental, Agricultural and Occupational Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Extension and works with projects through the NIOSH funded Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health. He is also on the Board of Directors for the Agricultural Safety and Health Council of America.

  1:00         Managing Farm Stress so Stress Doesn’t Manage Us, Chad Reznicek MA, LPC   Colorado AgrAbility Project

Agricultural producers, workers, and their family members face unique stressors and risk factors related to physical and behavioral health issues, including higher rates of suicide. Our rural communities face barriers to addressing these needs related to accessibility, affordability, acceptability, and receptivity to services.  Understanding our brains’ response to stress can help us better develop internal and external resources for managing stress.  Participants will also learn about resources for behavioral health and wellness that are designed specifically for rural and agricultural communities and the important role that community members can play in supporting each other.

Chad Reznicek is the Behavioral Health Specialist with the Colorado AgrAbility Project and committed to helping expand and improve behavioral health support and resources in rural communities.  Prior to joining the AgrAbility Team, Chad spent 20 years as a licensed therapist, providing behavioral health services in diverse settings with special focus areas in suicide prevention, trauma, mood disorders, and substance abuse.  Both of Chad’s parents were raised on farms and he grew up in a small town in central Nebraska with a deep respect for agriculture as the heart of our rural communities.

  1:50         Wrap-Up