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Industrial and Agricultural Mower Safety Practices: A Safety Training Program for Operators of Rotary-Type Mowing Equipment - Video http://www.cdc.gov/nasd/videos/v000001-v000100/v000069.html

Livestock Confinement Dust And Gases http://www.cdc.gov/nasd/docs/d001501-d001600/d001501/d001501.html

Livestock Handling and Confinement Safety http://www.cdc.gov/nasd/docs/d000701-d000800/d000754/d000754.html

Manure Pit Hazards http://www.cdc.gov/nasd/docs/d000901-d001000/d000980/d000980.html

Manure Storage Entering Procedures http://www.cdc.gov/nasd/docs/d001201-d001300/d001224/d001224.html

Potential Health Hazards to Agricultural Workers in Swine Confinement Buildings http://www.cdc.gov/nasd/docs/d000201-d000300/d000253/d000253.html

Respiratory Health on the Poultry Farm http://www.cdc.gov/nasd/docs/d000101-d000200/d000146/d000146.html

Safety With Animals http://www.cdc.gov/nasd/docs/d001501-d001600/d001502/d001502.html

The Respiratory Inflammatory Response to the Swine Confinement Building Environment http://www.cdc.gov/nasd/docs/d001701-d001800/d001765/d001765.html

Zoonoses - Animals Can Make You Sick http://www.cdc.gov/nasd/docs/d000701-d000800/d000752/d000752.html

OSHA resources:

OSHA eTools and Electronic Products for Compliance Assistance

http://www.osha.gov/dts/osta/oshasoft/index.html

Evacuation plans and procedures http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/evacuation/index.html

Eye and face protection http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/eyeandface/index.html

Incident command system http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/ics/index.html

Lockout/tagout http://www.osha.gov/dts/osta/lototraining/index.html

Machine guarding http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/machineguarding/index.html

Noise and hearing conservation http://www.osha.gov/dts/osta/otm/noise/index.html

Respiratory protection http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/respiratory/index.html

Safety and health management http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/safetyhealth/index.html

Youth in agriculture http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/youth/agriculture/index.html

OSHA topics:

Agricultural operations http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/agriculturaloperations/index.html

Alcohol, substance abuse http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/substanceabuse/index.html

Biological agents http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/biologicalagents/index.html

Bloodborne pathogens, needlesticks http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/bloodbornepathogens/index.html

Combustible dust http://www.osha.gov/dsg/combustibledust/index.html

Compressed gas and equipment http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/compressedgasequipment/index.html

Confined spaces http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/confinedspaces/index.html

Control of hazardous energy, lockout/tagout http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/controlhazardousenergy/index.html

Dermal exposure http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/dermalexposure/index.html

Drug free workplace http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/substanceabuse/index.html

Electrical http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/electrical/index.html

Emergency preparedness and response http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/emergencypreparedness/index.html

Ergonomics http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/ergonomics/index.html

Eye and face protection http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/eyefaceprotection/index.html

Fall protection http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/fallprotection/index.html

Fire safety http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/firesafety/index.html

Fist aid http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/medicalfirstaid/index.html

Grain handling http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/grainhandling/index.html

Hand and power tools http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/handpowertools/index.html

Hazard communication http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/hazardcommunications/index.html

Hazardous waster http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/hazardouswaste/index.html

Heat stress http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/heatstress/index.html

Latex allergy http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/latexallergy/index.html

Machine guarding http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/machineguarding/index.html

Making the business case for safety and health http://www.osha.gov/dcsp/products/topics/businesscase/index.html

Meat packing industry http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/meatpacking/index.html

Medical and first aid http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/medicalfirstaid/index.html

Medical screening and surveillance http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/medicalsurveillance/index.html

Motor vehicle safety http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/motorvehiclesafety/index.html

Noise and hearing conservation http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/noisehearingconservation/index.html

Occupational asthma http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/occupationalasthma/index.html

OSHA technical manual http://www.osha.gov/dts/osta/otm/otm_toc.html

Permissible Exposure Limits http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/pel/index.html

Personal Protective Equipment http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/personalprotectiveequipment/index.html

Recordkeeping http://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/index.html

Reproductive hazards http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/reproductivehazards/index.html

Respiratory protection http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/respiratoryprotection/index.html

Small business http://www.osha.gov/dcsp/smallbusiness/index.html

Solvents http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/solvents/index.html

Teen workers http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/teenworkers/index.html

Ventilation http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/ventilation/index.html

Walking, working surfaces http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/walkingworkingsurfaces/index.html

Welding, cutting, brazing http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/weldingcuttingbrazing/index.html

Workplace violence http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/workplaceviolence/index.html

Other resources:

2008 Pork industry handbook http://www.ces.purdue.edu/porkindustryhandbook/

A Task-Based Assessment of Noise Levels at a Swine Confinement http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/haworth/ja/2007/00000012/00000002/art00007

Concentrated Swine Feeding Operations and Public Health: A Review of Occupational and Community Health Effects http://www.ehponline.org/members/2000/108p685-699cole/cole-full.html

Applying the Theory of Planned Behavior to Respiratory Protection Utilization and Behaviors of East-Central Illinois Pork Producers

http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/agsafety/research/resp_protection.html

Know your OSHA requirements http://www.porkmag.com/directories.asp?pgID=780&ed_id=5708

Manure Management and Air Quality Education Vision http://www.manure.umn.edu/

Minimizing Potential Human Health Risks Involved in Hog Farming http://www.cchsa-ccssma.usask.ca/ahsn/pubs/fact_5.php

Needs Assessment of Employers in Swine Production Facilities Regarding Employee Health and Safety. http://www.riskworld.com/abstract/1998/agriculture4/ab8ad002.htm

OSHA Inspections Uncover Some Swine Farm Failures http://nationalhogfarmer.com/news/OSHA_Inspections_Uncover_Failures/

Pork information gateway http://isu.porkgateway.com/web/guest1/home

Pork safety program launched http://nationalhogfarmer.com/news/pork-safety/

Respiratory Protection Utilization and Behaviors
of East-Central Illinois Pork Producers

Safety in Swine Production Systems http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/programs/extension/publicat/wqwm/pih104.html

Swine Confinement Worker Dies from Carbon Monoxide Poisoning http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/face/Reports/PDF-Reports/Swine%20Confinement-Final.pdf

Swine safety http://www.ag.auburn.edu/~schmisp/safety/swine.htm

Swinecast Videos - Iowa Pork Congress presentations http://www.swinecast.com/video

Workplace safety and health, Manitoba Pork Council http://www.manitobapork.com/safety.php

IS-10 Animals in Disaster, Module A: Awareness and Preparedness

http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/is10.asp

IS-11 Animals in Disaster, Module B: Community Planning

http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/is11.asp

IS-111 Livestock in Disasters http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/is111.asp