• Nuestra Función
• ¿Por qué Seguridad de Agricultura?
• La estadística
• Nuestro Personal

Nuestra Función

El programa de Seguridad Agrícola de la Universidad de California se dedica a mejorar la prevención de lesiones relacionadas al trabajo y enfermedades en los lugares de trabajo agrícola de California.

One of the main functions of the University of California Cooperative Extension's Farm Safety Program is to promote agricultural health and safety education and awareness in the workplace. Through the publication of a quarterly bilingual newsletter, Farm Safety,we strive to keep readers aware of the many occupational hazards in agriculture.

The newsletter also provides training topics for agricultural managers to address in their safety programs. Articles on topics such as tractor safety, heat illness, grain entrapment prevention, and farm safety for children are available in both English and Spanish.

Over the past three years, our program has become involved in local and national efforts to protect children who live in farming environments. A major accomplishment nationally has been the establishment of the North American Guidelines for Children's Agricultural Tasks, intended to guide adults in assigning age-appropriate tasks to children. These guidelines are available through a link to the National Center for Children in Agriculture in our Children's Corner. Locally, a major accomplishment has been the creation of Spanish-language materials for teaching farm and rural safety to children of migrant workers. For more information on this project, visit the Children's Corner.

¿Por qué Seguridad de Agricultura?

En el año 2001, atreves de la nación, la agricultura, silvicultura e industria de pesca tenían la segunda taza de fatalidades más alta, a 22.8 fatalidades por cada 100,000 empleados. En 1997, hubo 705 incidencias de lesiones fatales y 50,544 incidencias de lesiones sin fatalidades en granjas de los EE.UU.

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La Estadística

Nuestro Personal

Dr. James M. Meyers
Especialista de la Seguridad Agrícola, Universidad de California
jmmeyers@uclink4.berkeley.edu

Ms. Martha Stiles
mcstiles@ucdavis.edu

Ms. Melanie Zavala
Coordinadora de Educación de Seguridad Agrícola
mlzavala@ucdavis.edu

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