The General Duty Clause has been used to cite agri-cultural and pork production employers for walking surfaces and fixed ladders violations. The pork pro-ducer should be familiar with these …

Needlesticks Authors John Shutske, University of Minnesota Michele Schermann, University of Minnesota Reviewers Liz Wagstrom, National Pork Board Kerry Leedom-Larson, National …

Creating an emergency action plan ides producers through the planning and documenting of an emergency response plan. The tool is Web-based and can be found at http://eap.pork.org. …

Additional Human Resource, Safe Animal Handling and Workplace Safety resources are available at Pork.org. Please share your questions, feedback, and ideas for future resources with Karen …

Information developed for the Pork Information Gateway, a project of the U.S. Pork Center of Excellence supported fully by USDA/Agricultural Research Service, USDA/Cooperative State …

In each stage of pork production, there are different potential zoonoses that workers should be aware of. Although most exposures do not result in disease, it is important to educate yourself …

Reviewe zr Liz Wagstrom, National Pork Board Kerry Leedom Larson, National Pork Board associated with confined space entry. This program will describe reasonable and necessary …

Housekeeping is the routine care and cleaning that needs to be acted on daily in order for a pork produc-tion facility to function safety and properly. Injuries and illnesses in farm settings often …

Hazardous noise exposure in pork operations can also occur during blood collection, breeding, feeding, processing pigs, running large machinery, and power washing.

The tool is Web-based and can be found at http://eap.pork. org. Users are instructed to log in, describe their operations and consider various situations that can put a farm’s employees, …