The Pennsylvania Central Region Farm Safety Pilot Project: Part I - Rationale and Baseline Results. Dennis J. Murphy,* Nancy Ellen Kiernan,** David L. Hard,+ and Douglas Landsittel+
The Pennsylvania Central Region Farm Safety Pilot Project (PACRFSPP) is an agricultural safety and health project designed to test three interventions to reduce hazards and risks of farm work. The interventions represent distinct operational approaches to farm safety and health education and farm risk reduction. This article (a) introduces details on the project's overall rationale and objectives; and (b) presents preliminary findings from baseline data collected prior to the start of interventions.
*Agricultural and Biological Engineering Dept., Pennsylvania State University, 221 Agricultural Engineering Bldg., University Park, PA 16802, telephone (814) 865-7157, fax (814) 863-1031, e-mail djm13@psu.edu .
**Program Evaluation Specialist, College of Agricultural Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.
+National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WV.
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