Liebman Amy, Franko Eileen, Reyes Iris, Keifer Matthew, Sorensen Julie
Migrant Clinicians Network, Salisbury, Maryland.
Division of Safety and Health, New York State Department of Labor, Albany, New York.
Am J Ind Med. 2018 Jun 21. doi: 10.1002/ajim.22868.
Farming has been exempted from most labor regulations and shielded from regulatory scrutiny by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Yet, agriculture and dairy in particular, has relatively high injury and fatality rates.
A recent shift in OSHA's approach to agricultural worker safety and health includes two dairy-focused Local Emphasis Programs (LEPs), one launched in Wisconsin in 2011 and the other in New York in 2014. We examine data from LEP-related, OSHA consultations and inspections as well as non-governmental audit programs, and review farmer perceptions about the LEP.
Inspections conducted by OSHA and private consultation programs highlight the presence and variety of hazards on dairy farms in Wisconsin and New York.
The LEPs helped raise dairy producers' awareness of inherent hazards and methods to correct them. Farmers cited the LEP as beneficial, identifying it as a catalyst to reduce hazards on their farms.
农业已被豁免于大多数劳动法规，并免受职业安全与健康管理局（OSHA）的监管审查。然而，尤其是农业和乳制品行业，其受伤率和死亡率相对较高。
OSHA处理农业工人安全与健康问题的方法最近有所转变，包括两个以乳制品为重点的地方重点项目（LEP），一个于2011年在威斯康星州启动，另一个于2014年在纽约启动。我们研究了与LEP相关的OSHA咨询和检查以及非政府审计项目的数据，并审查了农民对LEP的看法。
OSHA和私人咨询项目进行的检查突出了威斯康星州和纽约州奶牛场存在的各种危害。
这些地方重点项目有助于提高乳制品生产商对固有危害及其纠正方法的认识。农民们认为这些项目有益，并将其视为减少农场危害的催化剂。
