Preventing injury and illness among farming, forestry and fishing crews is the goal of a newly opened health center in the Department of Environmental Health at the University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine.
The Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center, funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), will serve Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska.
"Farmers, foresters and fishers in Washington had the highest rates of occupational fatalities in the last decade," said Dr. Richard Fenske, center director and UW associa...
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