Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety & Health Center

The PNASH Center has begun a new 5-year cycle, from 2011 to 2016. This Research Review presented our past accomplishments and the directions for our new work.

The goals of this event were to:

• Present project progress, preliminary results and new directions

• Advise project leadership investigators in coming work

• Convene current project partners and investigators

Powerpoint Presentations

• Richard Fenske: Accomplishments and New Directions
• Marcy Harrington: NW Ag Industries, Population & Health; Mike Yost: Farming Sector Overview
• Richard Fenske: Evaluation of Developing Technologies
• Kit Galvin: Pesticide Handlers Risk Factors and Solutions
• Chris Simpson: Measurement of Farmworker Exposure to OP Pesticides through Protein Adducts
• Catherine Karr: Aggravating Factors of Asthma in a Rural Environment
• June Spector: Pilot Study of Risk Factors for Heat-Related Illness in Ag Workers
• Marcy Harrington: Forestry Sector Overview
• John Garland: Forestry Workforce, Synthetic Rope, & Logging Masters
• Carl Wilmsen: Occupational Safety and Health of Forest Workers
• Jen Krenz: Development of a Surveillance Strategy to Guide Injury Prevention Efforts in the WA Fishing Industry
• Gerry Croteau: Oregon Crab Fishing Safety Evaluation