Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

September 10, 2009 conference call minutes attached. SAES-422 Multi-state Research Activity Accomplishments Report Project/Activity Number: NCERA 197 Project/Activity Title: Agricultural Safety and Health Research and Extension Period covered: 04-2008 to 10-2009 Date of Report: 1-October-2009 Annual Meeting Dates: 20-November-2008 to 21-November-2008 Participants Listerve Brief Summary of Annual Meeting Minutes Attachment: Accomplishments In April 2007 the NCERA 197 committee selected Agricultural Equipment on Public Roads as a priority topic to be addressed by the committee through a White Paper. This was the second listed priority in the National Land Grant Research and Extension Agenda for Agricultural Safety and Health. The topic was divided into seven sections, subcommittee chairs were appointed and additional subcommittee members were recruited. An initial draft of the white paper was presented at a Professional Development Workshop conducted at the June 2008 annual conference of the National Institute for Farm Safety. Feedback and input were gained from approximately 35 workshop participants. Subsequent drafts were developed, reviewed and revised by the NCERA 197 committee and section subcommittees. The final document, Agricultural Equipment on Public Roads, was released to the public as a .pdf document by Penn State University on February 25 and by USDA-CSREES on February 27, 2008. Short-term Outcomes: Outputs: The Agricultural Equipment on Public Roadways document has received extensive national exposure on public web sites and through the national and state media. A .pdf of the white paper document is located on the following public web sites: " http://www.csrees.usda.gov/about/white_papers/pdfs/ag_equipment.pdf " http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/aginjury/ " http://lgu.umd.edu/lgu_v2/homepages/home.cfm?trackID=6763 " http://www.nasdonline.org/docs/d001901-d002000/d001906/d001906.html " http://www.agsafety.psu.edu/pdfs/Ag%20Equip%20on%20Public%20Roads.pdf " http://asae.frymulti.com/azdez.asp?JID=5&AID=26903&CID=reno2009&T=2 National and state news releases included: " Penn State Ag Sciences Newswire: Guidance for Agricultural Equipment on Public Roads. March 2, 2009 " USDA-CSREES: CSREES North Central Region Multi-state Committee Releases White Paper on Operating Agricultural Equipment on Public Roads. February 26, 2009 " Iowa State University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Experts Seek Improved Farm Equipment Safety on Public Roads. April 23, 2009 " NIOSH eNews. Traffic Hazards of Moving Ag Equipment on Rural Roadways. Volume 6, No. 12, April 2009. " CropLife News. Experts Seek Improved Ag Equipment Safety On Public Roads. April 28, 2009. " The theme for National Farm Safety and Health Week became Rural Roadway Safety: Alert, aware, Alive. This is a national awareness campaign. Radio Interviews: " Chuck Schwab, Iowa State University, 25 minute interview Magazines: " New USDA report focuses on road way safety. Successful Farming, May-June, 2009. p 57. " Federal Guidance Needed for Agricultural Equipment on Public Roads. Professional Safety, May, 2009, p. 17. Miscellaneous " An interactive online safety training course titled Road Safety: Sharing the Road with Agricultural Equipment has been placed on the National Agricultural Safety Database (NASD) web site by member Dr. Carol Lehtola. Activities: " Three conference calls were held by committee members to report on and discuss development, presentations and distribution of the white paper. A draft of the white paper was distributed to professional development workshop registrants at, the 2008 National Institute for Farm Safety (NIFS), Inc Annual Conference. " At the November 2008 in-person meeting, committee members selected Agricultural Confined Spaces as the next priority topic the committee should address. This was priority #3 in the National Land Grant Research and Extension Agenda for Agricultural Safety & Health. " Farm Equipment/Motor Vehicle Crash Prevention, Des Moines, IA, March 17-18, 2009. Hosted by Midwest Rural Agricultural Safety & Health (MRASH) Forums, Great Plains Center for Agricultural Safety and Health, University of Iowa. PowerPoint presentation located at: http://www.agsafetyandhealthnet.org/Presentations.htm " American Society of Agricultural & Biological Engineers, Reno, NV, June 21-24, 2009. Operating Agricultural Equipment of Public Roads. PowerPoint presentation by Robert Bobby Grisso, Virginia Tech. " National Institute for Farm Safety Annual Meeting and Professional Development Conference, New Orleans, LA. PowerPoint presentation by Robert Aherin, University of Illinois. Milestones Impacts 1. Agricultural Equipment on Public Roads was used as a resource for a legislative task force appointed by Pennsylvania state senator Mike Brubaker (R), Senate District 36, Lancaster, PA, to examine issues related to farm equipment on rural public roads. 2. The NIOSH AgFF Sector Council seeks to identify important research questions, recognize priority safety and health concerns, understand effective intervention strategies, and disseminate information on strategies to improve safety and health workplace practice. Agricultural Equipment on Public Roads is serving as a major resource document for this national committee. 3. An inquiry was made by the ANSI Z15.1 Safe Practices for Fleet Motor Vehicle Operations Committee about possible collaboration on a safety standard to improve the safety of agricultural equipment operating on public roads. 4. The ASABE Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference (AETC) in Orlando January 11, 2010, would like a session on agricultural equipment on public roads. Field said he is investigating having an AgrAbility exhibit there, and if he does, perhaps he could give a presentation Publications Committee on Agricultural Safety and Health Research and Extension. 2009. Agricultural Equipment on Public Roads. USDA-CSREES, Washington DC. February.