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TABLE 7-1 Programs with Intervention Research Activities

NIOSH
Division

Funding
($)

Program or Project Dates

Community Partners for Healthy Farming Intervention Research DSHEFS 1996-2007 6,550,341

Childhood Agricultural Injury Prevention, National Children's Center
for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety (NCCRAHS)

DSR 1996-2010 1,107,379

Occupational Injury Prevention in Alaska—Commercial Fishing,
Helicopter Logging

AFS 1990-2010 3,388,092

Ergonomic Interventions for Youth Working in Agriculture DART 2000-2006 370,104

Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Logger Safety Training Program DSR 2000-2004 205,403

Deck Safety for Commercial Fishing Vessels AFS 2004-2006 198,424

Environmental Tractor Cab System Integrity DRDS 2001-2005 778,570

Emerging Agricultural Problems—Effectiveness of Hand Washing in
Reducing Agricultural Worker Exposure to Pesticides

DSHEFS 1996-2004 1,078,076

Cancer Control Demonstration Projects for Farming Populations DSHEFS 1990-1997 >46,304

New Technology to Increase ROPS Use on Tractors DSR 2000-2006 1,222,948

Development of Automatic ROPS DSR 1992-1999 392,545

Development of Automatic ROPS Overturn Sensor DSR 1994-1999 484,492

Commercialization of a Cost-Effective ROPS (CROPS) Design DSR 2003-2004 122,825

Anthropometry of Agriculture Populations DSR 1996-2003 718,369

Agricultural Safety Promotion System DSR 1995-1997 1,000,000

Ag Centers OEP 1997-2006 74,885,568

NOTE: AFS = Alaska Field Station, DART = Division of Applied Research and Technology, DRDS = Division of
Respiratory Disease Studies, DSHEFS = Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, DSR =
Division of Safety Research, OEP = Office of Extramural Programs.

Relevance to Most Serious Outcomes

The intervention research activities generally focus on the most serious out-
comes. According to the Worker Health Chartbook , the five leading sources of occu-
pational fatalities in AFF in 1992-2001 were farm tractors (2,165), trucks (795),
fishing boats (434), ground (403), and trees and logs (357) (evidence package
Table 2-3, NIOSH, 2004). A large portion of AFF Program activities was devoted
to intervention research designed to address the most serious outcomes.