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Farmworkers putting stakes up in field on summer day

Adjusting to Work in the Heat: Why Acclimatization Matters

  • by Suzette Smiley-Jewell
  • June 15, 2016
A good heat illness prevention plan takes into account the need for more breaks, a cool place to rest, the availability of fluids, and the careful allotment of time for a worker to become fully adjusted or acclimatized to the heat.

How Healthy is Your California Neighborhood?

  • by Suzette Smiley-Jewell
  • May 18, 2016
You can easily find out using CalEnviroScreen, an online environmental health screening tool that scores each of the state’s 8000 census tracks for pollution burden and population characteristics.
Heat Illness Prevention Trivia Wheel

WCAHS Celebrates California Ag Day 2016

  • by Suzette Smiley-Jewell
  • April 29, 2016
WCAHS celebrated California Ag Day 2016 at the State Capitol on March 16th. California Ag Day is an annual event that celebrates the amazing diversity and productivity of California agriculture and the people who work in it. 

2014 Strategic Planning Retreat Success

  • by Suzette Smiley-Jewell
  • October 03, 2014
The Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety (WCAHS) successfully hosted its 2014 Strategic Planning Retreat last week at UC Davis.
Fruit being harvested at Rominger Farm

Life of a WCAHS Student Researcher: Heat Illness Study

  • by Leslie Olivares
  • September 04, 2014
Eddie and his co-workers have been working throughout the summer season on CA farms to better understand how to prevent heat illness associated with farm work. Data collected includes the internal temperature of participants as they work, how much water they drink, and on-site weather conditions.
Farmworkers using ergonomic ladder designs to harvest tree fruit

Small Changes Can Make Big Impact with Ladders

  • by Suzette Smiley-Jewell
  • August 22, 2014
Professor Fadi Fathallah, engineer Victor Duraj, and others at the UC Agricultural Ergonomics Research Center (UC AERC) are continuing their earlier work funded by NIOSH Community Partners for Healthy Farming Intervention that showed some workers who harvest peaches and nectarines prefer a ladder with shorter spacing between steps.
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Ag Center Confronts Rape in Field

  • by Suzette Smiley-Jewell
  • August 11, 2014
The PBS FRONTLINE 2013 documentary, “Rape in the Fields,” highlights undocumented women from California’s Salinas and Fresno areas as well as Washington’s Yakima Valley experience with sexual harassment and rape suffered at the hands of their supervisors.
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Safety Videos on Agricultural Centers' YouTube Channel

  • June 09, 2014
The best agricultural safety videos can be found on the U.S Agricultural Safety and Health Centers YouTube channel. The channel is a joint project of the 10 Agricultural Centers funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
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