The National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety (NCCRAHS) and National Farm Medicine Center (NFMC) offer many resources in this Resource Library. These include: fact sheets, reports, guidelines and other materials focused on agricultural health, safety and wellbeing. Resources are added frequently, so check back often!
You may browse and search the document library below. Use the category filters or search to quickly locate a specific resource.
| Title | Summary | Categories | Action | hf:doc_categories |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Vision Report | This report summarizes information gleaned from an evaluation conducted to assess the status of the National Initiative for Childhood Agricultural Injury Prevention. The goal of this assessment was to generate and disseminate recommendations for future leadership of this initiative. | Fact Sheets/Handouts | fact-sheets-handouts | |
| 75 Pound Child Ad | Your 75 pound child has no chance against your 10,000 pound tractor | Posters/Cards | posters-cards | |
| A Child’s Perception May Not Be Reality article | Report describes age appropriate and perceptual development for youth who work on farms to safely operate tractors. | Reports | reports | |
| A Farm Equipment Safety Activity Book! | Booklet used to help teach students about skid steer and forklift safety. Booklet designed for the Anabaptist community but has relevance in other populations as well. | Booklets | booklets | |
| A Roadmap for Delivering Child Care in Agricultural Communities | Booklet contains a Roadmap as part of the Protecting Children While Parents Work project, which aims to improve health outcomes for the children of farm worker parents for improving access to safe child care services. | Booklets | booklets | |
| About The National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety | Website provides information about The National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety and what the center offers. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Adolescents at Work | The Hired Agricultural Youth Work Guidelines (HAYWG) are designed to help farm employers and supervisors of hired youth reduce the risk of injury for young workers. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| AgInjuryNews | Wesbite offers agricultural related injury surveillance and reports of those working in agriculture, fishing, and forestry and are fatally and non-fatally injured. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| AgrAbility Cultivating Accessible Agriculture | Program provides services to agricultural workers with disabilities from many racial and cultural backgrounds. | Online Tools | online-tools | |
| Agricultural Health Study | Website contains information on how the study works to understand how agricultural, lifestyle, and genetic factors affect the health of farming populations | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Agricultural Safety and Health Council of America (ASHCA) | Council establishes national strategies to create a less-hazardous work environment for American Agriculture | Online Tools | online-tools | |
| Agricultural Youth Work Guidelines (Media Kit) | Flyer contains Ag Youth Work Guidelines Overview | Flyers/Brochures | flyers-brochures | |
| Agriculture Online | Website contains news and stories about farming | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| AgriSafe | Website contains resources identified by AgriSafe staff to be or particular relevance to people working in agriculture. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Agritourism | Website page that includes information on agritourism safety and the Integrating Safety into Agritourism website. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Agritourism Checklists Booklet | Provides checklists that can be used to help identify hazards and safety issues on your farm or ranch. | Checklists/Forms | checklists-forms | |
| All Safe Play Posters | This set of posters provides information on various aspects of creating safe play areas. These posters are ideal for demonstration play areas or for presentations. | Posters/Cards | posters-cards | |
| ATV Riding Is Not Child’s Play | Report describes the dangers of youth operating ATVs and offers resources to ATV work safety guidelines for older youth. | Reports | reports | |
| ATV/UTV Poster | Poster for the ATV/UTV safety campaign: “Whether you are riding to work or riding to play, please ride to live by being safe.” | Posters/Cards | posters-cards | |
| ATV/UTV Trifold Pamphlet | Trifold pamphlet for the ATV/UTV safety campaign: “Whether you are riding to work or riding to play, please ride to live by being safe.” | Flyers/Brochures | flyers-brochures | |
| Aunque Cerca Sano | This educational comic book in Spanish discusses pesticide safety and how farmworker parents can take steps to minimize risks to their children. | Booklets | booklets | |
| Back Pain | Flyer describes causes and prevention for back pain. | Flyers/Brochures | flyers-brochures | |
| Basic Tractor Operations | The Hired Agricultural Youth Work Guidelines (HAYWG) are designed to help farm employers and supervisors of hired youth reduce the risk of injury for young workers. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Bending | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Bending, Lifting & Climbing | The Hired Agricultural Youth Work Guidelines (HAYWG) are designed to help farm employers and supervisors of hired youth reduce the risk of injury for young workers. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Big, Strong, Unpredictable | Report describes hazards associated with working with livestock and provides safety tips to keep youth safe while working with large animals. | Reports | reports | |
| Blueprint for Protecting Children in Agriculture (2012) | Report used to move state-of-the-art knowledge on childhood agricultural injury prevention into practice. | Reports | reports | |
| Bury a Tradition Postcard | It’s easier to bury a tradition than a child | |||
| Bury a Tradition Poster | It’s easier to bury a tradition than a child | Posters/Cards | posters-cards | |
| Bury a Tradition Poster (French) | It’s easier to bury a tradition than a child | Posters/Cards | posters-cards | |
| Bury a Tradition Poster (Spanish) | It’s easier to bury a tradition than a child | Posters/Cards | posters-cards | |
| Canadian Ag Safety Association Training Opportunities | Website contains information about Canadian Ag Safety Training Opportunities. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) | Website contains information about Canadian Ag Safety Training Opportunities. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health | Website for a regional NIOSH Agricultural Safety Center in Omaha, Nebraska that contains media regarding strategies that improve the health and safety of members of the agricultural community. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Chemical Safety Stories | Booklet of stories is ideal for use by the Anabaptist community, to help children and teachers learn about chemicals safety on farms. | Booklets | booklets | |
| Child Agricultural Safety Brochure | Brochure used to help adults find the balance between maximizing benefits and reducing risks for children and youth who live, work, and play on a farm. | Reports | reports | |
| Child Development and Play | Guidelines used to help build safe play areas for youth who live and play on farms. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Child Development and Play (Spanish) | Guidelines used to help build safe play areas for youth who live and play on farms. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Child Development and Working in Agriculture | Guidelines used as a supplement with Agricultural Youth Work Guidelines to help parents provide age appropriate tasks for youth who live, work, and play on farms. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Child Labor Requirements Bulletin | Child Labor Requirements In Agricultural Occupations Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (Child Labor Bulletin 102). | Reports | reports | |
| Child/Youth Agricultural Safety Checklist | Checklist used to perform safety checks on farms, enhancing the safety of children who live, work, and visit farms. | Checklists/Forms | checklists-forms | |
| Childhood Agricultural Injury Fact Sheet | Approximation of childhood injuries in the United States each year. | Fact Sheets/Handouts | fact-sheets-handouts | |
| Childhood Agricultural Injury Prevention: Progress Report (2001 Summit) | Summit report contains injury prevention strategies from nearly 100 industry experts and agencies. | |||
| Children and Dairy Chemicals | Flyer describes types of risks and prevention in dairy chemicals for children. | Flyers/Brochures | flyers-brochures | |
| Choosing the Safe Play Area Site | Poster describes the different factors that need to be considered when choosing a site for a safe play area. Poster is ideal for demonstration play areas or for presentations. | Posters/Cards | posters-cards | |
| Cleaning Calf Pens / Hutches | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Cleaning Grain Bins | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Cleaning Service Alleys | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Climbing | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Communication Plan Instructions & Template | This resource includes instructions and a template for creating a communication plan, including identifying the types of communication tools used, whom to contact, when to use (and not use) the tools, and what to do in the event of an emergency. | Policies/Procedures | policies-procedures | |
| Communication Plan Instructions & Template (French) | This resource includes instructions and a template for creating a communication plan, including identifying the types of communication tools used, whom to contact, when to use (and not use) the tools, and what to do in the event of an emergency. | Policies/Procedures | policies-procedures | |
| Communication Plan Instructions & Template (Spanish) | This resource includes instructions and a template for creating a communication plan, including identifying the types of communication tools used, whom to contact, when to use (and not use) the tools, and what to do in the event of an emergency. | Policies/Procedures | policies-procedures | |
| Composting | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Connect / Disconnect an Implement | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Consumer Product Safety Commission Safety Centers | Website provides free safety alerts, safety resources, posters, brochures, handbooks and other materials which you can use to help spread consumer product safety | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Creating Safe Play Areas on Farms | Booklet used by parents to help build safe play areas for children who live, work, or play on farms. | Booklets | booklets | |
| Creating Safe Play Areas on Farms-Mini Edition | Booklet used by parents to help build safe play areas for children who live, work, or play on farms. | Booklets | booklets | |
| Creating Safe Play Areas on Farms-Mini Edition (Spanish) | Booklet used by parents to help build safe play areas for children who live, work, or play on farms. | Booklets | booklets | |
| Daily Cleaning Record | Template that can be used to document the cleaning, sanitation and disinfection of rooms and equipment, such as restrooms, refrigerators, tables, and hand washing stations | Checklists/Forms | checklists-forms | |
| Detasseling Corn | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Don’t Mix Worksite And Child Care | Report describes dangers associated with keeping youth in and near worksites and provides safe solutions to keep them safe. | Reports | reports | |
| Don’t Send A Child To Do An Adult’s Job | Report describes the dangerous of youth doing farm tasks meant for adults. | Reports | reports | |
| Dust and Molds | Flyer describes how molds and dusts can be harmful to farmers. | Flyers/Brochures | flyers-brochures | |
| Employee Safety Orientation Checklist | Checklists used to document and track training sessions/topics. | Checklists/Forms | checklists-forms | |
| Employer/Supervisor Responsibilities | The Hired Agricultural Youth Work Guidelines (HAYWG) are designed to help farm employers and supervisors of hired youth reduce the risk of injury for young workers. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Enhancing Supervisors’ Skills and Employer Policies to Promote and Protect the Health of Youth Agricultural Workers | Website describes the online training for employer policies to help keep youth safe that live and work on farms. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | Website contains information about news, laws and regulations on environmental topics | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| eXtension Agricultural Safety and Health Videos | Website contains agricultural safety and health video resources. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Eye Protection | Flyer describes eye protection for farmers and why it is important. | Flyers/Brochures | flyers-brochures | |
| Facing Silage From a Bunker | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Fact Sheet #40: Federal Youth Employment Laws in Farm Jobs | Fact sheet links to the federal child labor regulations for youth working in agriculture. | Fact Sheets/Handouts | fact-sheets-handouts | |
| Farm and Ranch eXtension in Safety and Health (FReSH) Community of Practice (CoP) | Website contains information on the Impact Collaborative Program. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Farm Safety Stories | Booklet teaches students students about skid steer and forklift safety. Booklet designed for the Anabaptist community but has relevance in other populations as well. | Booklets | booklets | |
| Farmedic National Training Center | Website contains information for rural fire/rescue responders with a systematic approach to farm rescue procedures that address the safety of both patients and responders. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Feeding Hay to Livestock | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Feeding Milk to Calves | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Fieldwork with an Implement | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Filling the Gaps | Website describes the “Filling the Gaps in Child Agricultural Injury Data” project where the focus is on determining how existing surveillance systems can help to “fill in the gaps” by identifying injury events missed by other methods and/or providing more details about risks, activities, and circumstances surrounding child agricultural injury events. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Full Set of Parent Tool Kits for Child/Youth Agricultural Safety and Health | Set of flow charts designed for parents, supervisors and agriculture-related organizations that can be used to build a “tool kit” of resources for preventing injury and illness in children and working youth in the agricultural environment | Checklists/Forms | checklists-forms | |
| Grain Bin Safety Handout | Handout provides a concise overview of some of the major hazards found while working with grain. | Flyers/Brochures | flyers-brochures | |
| Grain Boxes and Play Bins | Fact sheet describes the hazards associated with grain boxes and play bins, as well as offering safer alternatives. | Fact Sheets/Handouts | fact-sheets-handouts | |
| Grain Safety | Website has guidelines from NCCRAHS and GHSC to help safeguard youth who are working around grain. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health | Website for a regional NIOSH Agricultural Safety Center in Iowa City, Iowa that contains information about Agricultural Health in The Great Plains. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Hand Harvesting Fruit & Vegetables | The Hired Agricultural Youth Work Guidelines (HAYWG) are designed to help farm employers and supervisors of hired youth reduce the risk of injury for young workers. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Hand Washing and Restrooms Checklist | Checklist that can be used to review restrooms and hand washing stations to help identify hazards and safety issues (presence of handrails, height appropriate for children, appropriate placement, etc.) | |||
| Hand Washing Banner | Bilingual (English & Spanish) banner that shows the correct procedure for washing hands | Signs | signs | |
| Hand Washing Policy | Template outlining the purpose, frequency and procedure for washing and sanitizing hands | Policies/Procedures | policies-procedures | |
| Hand Washing Poster | Sign designed for animal areas that explains/demonstrates the proper method for washing hands. | Posters/Cards | posters-cards | |
| Hand Washing Poster (Spanish) | Sign designed for animal areas that explains/demonstrates the proper method for washing hands. | Posters/Cards | posters-cards | |
| Hand Washing Procedures | Document that describes the best times and methods for washing hands | Policies/Procedures | policies-procedures | |
| Hand Washing Station Sign | Sign that can be posted by hand washing stations to help visitors find the hand washing station. | Signs | signs | |
| Hand Weeding | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Hand-Harvesting (Vegetables & Ground Fruit) | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Harvesting Tree Fruit | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Harvesting Tree Fruit | The Hired Agricultural Youth Work Guidelines (HAYWG) are designed to help farm employers and supervisors of hired youth reduce the risk of injury for young workers. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Haying Operations | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Health and Safety Checklist | Flyer describes a checklist that identifies health and safety hazards. | Checklists/Forms | checklists-forms | |
| Hearing Loss Prevention | Flyer describes hearing loss prevention and causes. | Flyers/Brochures | flyers-brochures | |
| High Plains Intermountain Center for Agricultural Health and Safety | Website for a regional NIOSH Agricultural Safety Center in Fort Collins, Colorado that contains research and resources about improving health, safety and well-being of those working in agriculture, and forestry industries. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Hired Agricultural Youth Work Guidelines Booklet | The Hired Agricultural Youth Work Guidelines booklet (HAYWG) is designed to help farm employers and supervisors of hired youth reduce the risk of injury for young workers. | Booklets | booklets | |
| Horses and Trailed Implements | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Incident Policy | Template that can be used to create a policy describing incident types that need to be reported/documented and the associated procedures. | Policies/Procedures | policies-procedures | |
| Incident Report Form | Form that can be used to document injuries and other types of incidents as described in the incident policy | Checklists/Forms | checklists-forms | |
| Insurance Companies, Children & Agricultural Safety: Survey Results and Opportunities for Insurers (2016) | Report used for insurance companies detailing 2016 survey results for childhood agricultural injury prevention. | Reports | reports | |
| Integrating Safety into Agritourism | Website features walkthroughs, checklists and access to hundreds of resource to help agritourism operators safeguard visitors. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Integrating Safety into Agritourism Promotional Flyer | Provides information on the Integrating Safety into Agritourism website, which is designed for farms and ranches that offer agrtourism activities for visitors. | Flyers/Brochures | flyers-brochures | |
| Interactive Demonstrations of Safe Play Areas at Rural and Agricultural Events | Booklets | booklets | ||
| Journal of Agromedicine | Website contains articles and subscription information | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Keep Kids Away From Tractors Article | Report describes the dangers to children and youth around tractors. | Reports | reports | |
| Keep Kids Away From Tractors Webinar | Webinar presentation led by National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety (NCCRAHS) staff. | Webinars | webinars | |
| Keep Kids Away Illustrated Logo | Keep kids away from tractors illustrated logo | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Keep Kids Away Warning Logo | Keep Kids Away From Tractors Warning Logo | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Large Animal Safety Checklist | Checklist that can be used to help identify hazards and safety issues related to large animal safety (e.g. equestrian activities, large animal viewing) | Checklists/Forms | checklists-forms | |
| Lifting | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Loading / Unloading Hay | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Lyme Disease | Brochure that helps someone understand Lyme Disease and how to identify different ticks. | Flyers/Brochures | flyers-brochures | |
| Make It a Habit- Grab It article | Report describes the importance of PPE for youth who live and work on farms. | Reports | reports | |
| Manure Gases | Flyer describes some most common toxic gases in a farm environment. | Flyers/Brochures | flyers-brochures | |
| Media Guidelines for Agricultural Safety | Do’s and Don’ts when speaking about farm safety. | Checklists/Forms | checklists-forms | |
| Media Guidelines for Agricultural Safety (French) | Do’s and Don’ts when speaking about farm safety. | Checklists/Forms | checklists-forms | |
| Media Guidelines for Agricultural Safety (Spanish) | Do’s and Don’ts when speaking about farm safety. | Checklists/Forms | checklists-forms | |
| Migrant and Seasonal Hired Adolescent Farmworkers: A Plan to Improve Working Conditions | Booklet contains how to improve working conditions for migrant and seasonal hired adolescent farmworkers. | |||
| Migrant Clinicians Network | Website contains information about a force for health justice. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Milking Cows (in a Parlor) | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Milking Cows (Using a Pipeline) | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Moving Large Round Bales | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| National Agricultural Library — Rural Information Center Health Service (RICHS) | Website contains information about the library and the collection devoted to agriculture | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| National Agricultural Marketing Association (NAMA) | Website contains information about the premier organization for agri-marketing professionals | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) | Website contains information about surveys, reports, publications covering virtually every aspect of U.S. agriculture | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| National Association of Farm Broadcasters (NAFB) | Website contains information about events, memberships and the foundation | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| National Center for Farmworker Health | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | ||
| National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety | Website provides easy access to agricultural safety information and resources for farmers, ranchers, supervisors and media. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| National Education Center for Agricultural Safety (NECAS) | Website talks about the dedication that NECAS has to preventing illnesses, injuries, and death to ag workers and their families. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| National Institute for Farm Safety, Inc. | Website contains program areas, employee safety and resources from Ohio State University | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) | Website contains information about research programs, data, statistics and publications associated with NIOSH | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| National Safe Kids Campaign | Website contains information about training, rescue programs for a variety of topics, and webinars to increase awareness for agricultural safety. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| National Safety Council-National Education Center for Agricultural Safety | Website contains information about training, rescue programs for a variety of topics, and webinars to increase awareness for agricultural safety. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| New York Online Access to Health (NOAH) | Website contains information on how to achieve your optimal health goal | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| NIOSH – Cold Stress | NIOSH website provides information on cold stress and links to resources for more information | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| NIOSH – Heat Stress | NIOSH website provides information on heat stress and links to resources for more information. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| NIOSH Agricultural Centers Homepage | Website contains information about Centers for Agricultural Safety and Health | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the US Department of Labor (OSHA) | Website contains information OSHA topics and resources | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Ohio State University Agricultural Safety and Health Program Resources | Website contains educational resources for the Agricultural Safety and Health Program at Ohio State University Extension | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Online Supervisor Training | A free, evidence-based training designed for supervisors, parents, and teachers. Topics include supervising, training, and communicating more effectively with young workers. The training and supplemental materials are available in online and print formats in English and Spanish. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Operating a Lawn Mower | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Operating a Pressure Washer | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Operating a Skid Steer | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Operating a Tractor | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Operating a Tractor – Cognitive Development | Tractor guideline to help adults understand cognitive development and tractors. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Operating a Tractor – Perceptual Development | Tractor guideline to help adults understand children’s perceptual development and tractor operations. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Operating a Tractor – Physical Development | Tractor guideline to help adults understand physical development of youth and tractors operations. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Operating a Tractor – Social Development | Tractor guideline to help adults understand social development in children and tractor operations. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Operating a Tractor – Sociocultural Factors | Tractor guideline to help adults understand sociocultural factors in children and tractor operations. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Operating a Utility Task Vehicle (UTV) | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Operating an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Operating an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Operating Rototillers and Walk-Behind Tractors | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Operating Self-Propelled Equipment | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Operation Hat Check | Website contains information about the objective of Operation Hat Check | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Organization Tool Kit for Child/Youth Agricultural Safety and Health | Checklists/Forms | checklists-forms | ||
| OSHA Cold Stress Card | Card includes information on different types of cold stress, symptoms and treatment and prevention strategies. | Posters/Cards | posters-cards | |
| OSHA Heat Stress Card | Card includes information on different types of heat stress, symptoms and treatment and prevention strategies. | Posters/Cards | posters-cards | |
| Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center, Seattle, Washington | Website contains research for healthy workers, strong communities and productive agriculture. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Parent First- I Am | Poster as part of a campaign used to remind adults that parenting comes first and farming second. Children are the number one asset. | Posters/Cards | posters-cards | |
| Parent First- I Am Raising | Poster as part of a campaign used to remind adults that parenting comes first and farming second. Children are the number one asset. | Posters/Cards | posters-cards | |
| Parent First- We Are Responsible | Poster as part of a campaign used to remind adults that parenting comes first and farming second. Children are the number one asset. | Posters/Cards | posters-cards | |
| Parent Tool Kit for Child/Youth Agricultural Safety and Health | Flow chart designed for parents that can be used to build a “tool kit” of resources for preventing injury and illness in children and working youth in the agricultural environment | Checklists/Forms | checklists-forms | |
| Penn State University Library of Resources | Website contains links and information for farm safety education and training courses. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Personal Circumstances, Concerns and Needs of Women on Wisconsin Dairy Farms | Report | Reports | reports | |
| Petting Zoo Checklist | Checklist that can be used to help identify hazards and safety issues related to petting zoos (e.g. traffic flow, facility design, handwashing) | Checklists/Forms | checklists-forms | |
| Picking Rock | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Playing Helps Children Develop | Poster describes different types of play activities and how they impact a child’s development. Poster is ideal for demonstration play areas or for presentations. | Posters/Cards | posters-cards | |
| PNASH – Heat Illness Prevention | Website provides a description and information on the importance of heat stress, as well as access to a heat stress toolkit and other resources. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Preventing Play Related Injuries | Poster describes hazards to inspect for in play areas to prevent injury and provides guidance on ground surfacing. Poster is ideal for demonstration play areas or for presentations. | Posters/Cards | posters-cards | |
| Progressive Agriculture Safety Day | Website contains information about the progressive agriculture foundation safety day program | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Proposed Changes to the Agricultural Child Labor Regulations | Brochure discusses the changes proposed in in 2011 to the child labor regulations. | Flyers/Brochures | flyers-brochures | |
| Protecting Children While Parents Work | Website describes project aimed to improve access to child care services for children of farm workers by identifying common ground among three key stakeholders: parents, childcare providers, and agricultural employers. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Providing Boundaries for Play | Poster provides informaion and guidance on fencing/boundaries for safe play areas. Poster is ideal for demonstration play areas or for presentations. | Posters/Cards | posters-cards | |
| Pruning Dwarf Fruit and Nut Trees | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Pruning Vines | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Quality Time | The tractor is not the place for quality time. | Posters/Cards | posters-cards | |
| Rabies on the Farm | Flyer describes rabies and how to prevent it | Flyers/Brochures | flyers-brochures | |
| Recognizing Farm Health Hazards | Poster describes the types of health hazards that can impact a play area and should be avoided when choosing a location. Poster is ideal for demonstration play areas or for presentations. | Posters/Cards | posters-cards | |
| Recommended Fencing | Handout provides information on the pros and cons of various types of fencing | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Refueling Equipment | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Repairing Fence | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Respirators | Flyer describes how to choose the right respirator for you. | Flyers/Brochures | flyers-brochures | |
| RF-DASH Farm Poster | Posters help present RF-DASH to its target audiences of farmers and fire/EMS. Helps connect rural firefighters/EMS and farmers together to increase agriculture health and safety. | Posters/Cards | posters-cards | |
| RF-DASH Firefighter Poster | Posters help present RF-DASH to its target audiences of farmers and fire/EMS. Helps connect rural firefighters/EMS and farmers together to increase agriculture health and safety. | Posters/Cards | posters-cards | |
| RF-DASH Program Brochure | Brochure helps firefighters/EMS provide information to farmers about the RF-DASH program. | Flyers/Brochures | flyers-brochures | |
| Riding Ability Form | Form for potential equestrian riders to complete, providing information on riding experience and physical characterists | Checklists/Forms | checklists-forms | |
| Riding Orientation Checklist | Checklist that can be used to ensure all elements of orientation for horeseback riding are covered and documented | Fact Sheets/Handouts | fact-sheets-handouts | |
| Riding Orientation Information | Template that can be modified to create a document that provides orientation information for horeseback riding | Fact Sheets/Handouts | fact-sheets-handouts | |
| ROPS Rebate Program (Wisconsin) | Website contains information about the Rollover Protective Structure Rebate Program | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Safe Kids Canada | Website contains Children’s Health and Safety Information | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Safe Play | Website used to create safe play areas for youth who live and play on farms. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Safe Return to Work | Website designed as a tool for farmers and clinicians to improve Return-to- Work process for injured/ill workers. The system provides an interactive user interface that produces recommended light duty return to work job assemblies (LDJA). | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Safer Farm | Online tool provides first-hand information about hazards, a process of evaluating hazards, and recommendations on correcting hazards. | Online Tools | online-tools | |
| Safety Guidelines for Youth Operating Farm Equipment | This booklet contains work guidelines that farm parents and supervisors can use to assign age and ability appropriate tasks to youth operating farm equipment. | Booklets | booklets | |
| Safety Guidelines for Youth Working in Gardens | This booklet contains work guidelines, supervision, child development and other information that parents and other adults can use to assign age and ability appropriate tasks to youth working in gardens, including community/urban type gardens and gardening activities performed on agritourism operations, farms, and in Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs. | Booklets | booklets | |
| Safety Guidelines for Youth Working with Animals | This booklet contains work guidelines, supervision, child development and other information that farm parents and supervisors can use to assign age and ability appropriate tasks to youth working with animals. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| SafetyLit | This booklet contains work guidelines that farm parents and supervisors can use to assign age and ability appropriate tasks to youth operating farm equipment. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| SAY Clearinghouse | National clearinghouse aligns agricultural safety and health curriculum and educational resources to Agricultural, Food and National Resources (AFNR) Career Cluster Content Standards for use by agricultural educators. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| SCCAHS – Heat Stress | Website features resources and training materials related to heat stress and heat-related illness (NIOSH Ag Center). | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Seconds to Tragedy Video | Video details the dangers of grain bins and highlights safety solutions for those who live or work on farms. | Videos | videos | |
| Silo Gas | Flyer describes what you need to know about silo gas to save a life. | Flyers/Brochures | flyers-brochures | |
| Skid Steer Safety | Report describes the hazards of youth being around and operating Skid Steers and offers safety tips to keep youth safe. | Reports | reports | |
| Skin Cancer | Flyer describes skin cancer potential risks and steps to prevention. | Flyers/Brochures | flyers-brochures | |
| Southeast Center for Agricultural Health and Injury Prevention, Lexington, Kentucky | Website contains information about health and safety for workers in agriculture. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Southeastern Coastal Center for Agricultural Safety and Health | Website contains research and education on health and safety in agriculture, forestry and fishing industries. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Southwest Center for Agricultural Health, Injury and Education, Tyler, Texas | Website contains information on programs of research, prevention, intervention, education and outreach. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Spreading Solid Manure | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Stories for Skid Loaders | Booklet used to help teach students about skid loader safety. Booklet designed for the Anabaptist community but has relevance in other populations as well. | Booklets | booklets | |
| Strengthening Organizational Capacity | Website highlighting the Strengthening Organizational Capacity project. The goal of this project is to expand the adoption of best practices to protect children from agricultural injuries and deaths by bridging evidence-based safety guidelines and childhood agricultural safety campaigns with organizations and corporations in a position to influence their adoption. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Summit on Childhood Agricultural Injury Prevention (2001) | Report contains progress and an updated national action plan from the 2001 Summit on Childhood Agricultural Injury Prevention. | Reports | reports | |
| Supervising Children at Play | Poster describes the amount and type of supervision needed for children in play areas. Poster is ideal for demonstration play areas or for presentations. | Posters/Cards | posters-cards | |
| Supervisor Tool Kit for Child/Youth Agricultural Safety and Health | Flow chart designed for supervisors that can be used to build a “tool kit” of resources for preventing injury and illness in children and working youth in the agricultural environment | Checklists/Forms | checklists-forms | |
| Telling The Story Project | Website highlights the Telling the Story Project where stories on agriculture work-related injuries and fatalities are told to serve to raise awareness of the many hazards related to farming and ranching. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| The Electronic Zoo/Net Vet | Sign that reminds visitors to wash their hands, while also thanking them for visiting. | Signs, Web/Mobile Applications | signs web-mobile-applications | |
| The National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety Staff | Website provides pictures, biography and contact information for staff at the National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| The New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health, Cooperstown, New York | Website talks about enhancing agricultural and rural health by preventing and treating occupational injury and illness. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Trimming Christmas Trees | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| U of W Center for Agricultural Safety and Health: Resources for Employers | Website contains employer resources for Agricultural Safety & Health Division of Extension. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| UMASH Farm Safety Check – Heat Illness | Website features a checklist that can be used to help you prepare and prevent heat related illness (NIOSH Ag Center) | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Understanding Beginning Farmers and Ranchers | Website describes the Beginning Farmers and Ranchers project. The overall goal of this project is to increase beginning farmers’ and ranchers’ knowledge of safety and injury prevention especially with respect to the children they raise, hire, and host on their farms or ranches. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| University of California Davis – Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety (WCAHS) Davis, California | Website contains information on how to improve the health and safety of those working in Western agriculture. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| University of Illinois Agricultural Safety and Health | Website contains information about the University of Illinois Safety and Health programs. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| University of Minnesota Needle Stick Prevention | Flyer contains how to prevent needle sticks on the farm. | Flyers/Brochures | flyers-brochures | |
| University of Wisconsin Center for Agricultural Safety and Health | Website contains information about agricultural safety and health | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Unloading Grain and Silage | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center – Minneapolis, Minnesota and Marshfield, Wisconsin | Website contains information on the five leading research and health care institutions. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| US Agricultural Safety and Health Center YouTube Channel | Website contains U.S. Agricultural Safety and Health Center informational videos. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| US Department of Agriculture (USDA) | Website contains media and topics about USDA and what the agency is about | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| US House Committee on Agriculture | Website contains information about growing ideas that work in american agriculture | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| US Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry | Website contains committee information about legislative and hearing news | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Using a Barn Cleaner | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Using a Front-End Loader | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Using Farmstead Equipment | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Video Introduction: A Roadmap for Delivering Child Care in Agricultural Communities | This video introduces the challenges farm workers face when looking for child care, including services that may be nonexistent, cost prohibitive, or not available during the hours needed. However, ensuring adequate child care services for farm workers is beneficial to both employers and workers, and this video introduces a workbook designed to help child care providers, growers and farm worker parents collaborate to improve access to child care services. | Videos | videos | |
| Visitor-Handout: Stay Healthy on the Farm | Sign to provide visitors with information about staying safe around animals | Fact Sheets/Handouts | fact-sheets-handouts | |
| Visitor-Handout: When the Farm Comes to You | Sign for animal areas about prevention of zoonotic diseases | Fact Sheets/Handouts | fact-sheets-handouts | |
| WCAHS – Heat Illness Prevention | Website provides a description of heat illness, strategies for reducing risks and information on training resources (NIOSH Ag Center). | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| We’re All In! Working Together to Provide Services for Children Whose Parents Work in Agriculture (2016) | Report contains resources and services for children of parents who work in agriculture. | Reports | reports | |
| Winter Weather Preparedness | OSHA website describes how to plan, equip and train for cold/winter weather. It includes descriptions of weather terms and strategies for preventing and addressing cold stress incidents. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Winter Weather Safety | National Weather Service website explains how to stay safe before, during and after a winter storm. Information provided on winter alerts, science and hazards, snow coverage maps, and descriptions of different types of winter storms. | Web/Mobile Applications | web-mobile-applications | |
| Wisconsin Poison Center Farm and Rural Safety | Brochure contains information about the Wisconsin Poison Center and how to detect different poisons. | Flyers/Brochures | flyers-brochures | |
| Wisconsin Poison Center Farm and Rural Safety (Spanish) | Brochure contains information about the Wisconsin Poison Center and how to detect different poisons. | Flyers/Brochures | flyers-brochures | |
| Wisconsin Poison Center Protect Your Family | Brochure contains information about poison possibilities in a home and how to detect them. | Flyers/Brochures | flyers-brochures | |
| Wisconsin ROPS Rebate Program (Media Kit) | Website contains information about ROPS as well as Press Releases. | |||
| Working in a Greenhouse or Hoop House | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Working Outdoors | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Working Outdoors | The Hired Agricultural Youth Work Guidelines (HAYWG) are designed to help farm employers and supervisors of hired youth reduce the risk of injury for young workers. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Working with All Terrain & Utility Vehicles | The Hired Agricultural Youth Work Guidelines (HAYWG) are designed to help farm employers and supervisors of hired youth reduce the risk of injury for young workers. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Working with Irrigation Systems | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Working with Large Animals | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Working with Large Animals | The Hired Agricultural Youth Work Guidelines (HAYWG) are designed to help farm employers and supervisors of hired youth reduce the risk of injury for young workers. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Working with Pigs | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Working with Poultry | Work guideline to help adults protect and supervise youth. | Guidelines | guidelines | |
| Zoonotic Diseases Agritourism Owner Fact Sheet | Fact sheet that provides visitors with information on zoonotic diseases, including types of organisms, symptoms and safety strategies for preventing disease | Fact Sheets/Handouts | fact-sheets-handouts |
Quick links
- Agricultural Youth Work Guidelines (AYWG)
- Hired Youth Work Guidelines (HAYWG)
- Integrating Safety Into Agritourism (ISA)
- Tools of the Trade