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Recorded presentation

Liz Wagstrom, DVM, MS, DACVPM, Science and Technology Department, National Pork Board, 1776 NW 114th Street, Clive, IA 50325 and Tegwin K. Taylor, DVM, Center for Animal Health and Food Safety, University of Minnesota, 1354 Eckles Ave., 136 Andrew Boss Laboratory, St. Paul, MN 55108, (612) 624-3837, tegwin@umn.edu.

Over the last 20 years in the pork industry there has been a trend toward larger, indoor swine farms. This has resulted in increased numbers of employees being involved in the daily care of animals in these systems. Many of the larger pork producers have occupational safety officers responsible for the development of safety programming, delivery of training to the employees, and documentation and reporting of injuries. The Pork Checkoff sought input from representatives of this group, as well as other occupational safety experts, to help in the development of safety programming materials that would be accessible to producers of all sizes and include training on pork production specific issues. These materials, the Pork Production Safety System, provide employers information and templates to develop a farm specific safety plan, lesson plans and presentations for trainers responsible for delivering safety information, and an interactive computer based training module on compact disk. Due to the large number of Hispanic employees in pork production, materials have been produced in English and in Spanish. In addition to this Pork Production Safety System, there has been the development of a Worker Safety website for pork producers that provides information on OSHA and state regulations, health and safety information, research updates, and other pertinent information. Other resources include facilitation of safety officer conferences and communication channels. Pork producers have paid for this programming through the Pork Checkoff and are working toward development of a safety culture throughout the industry.

Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this session participants will be able to

• Describe the process of developing pork production specific occupational safety training materials
• List the occupational safety resources available through the National Pork Board and know how to access those materials
• Recognize the importance of occupational safety training to the pork industry

Keywords: Agricultural Work Safety, Education

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? Yes

Organization	Clinical/Research Area	Type of Relationship
National Pork Board	Veterinary Public Health	Independent Contractor (contracted research and clinical trials)

Any company-sponsored training?	Yes
Did the company pay your travel and lodging?	Yes
Were you provide you with slides as part of the training sessions?	Yes
Did you receive an honorarium or consulting fee for participating in the training?	No
Any institutionally-contracted trials related to this submission?	Yes
Have you received salary support, retainer, or other monies to support your position as part of the research/clinical trials?	Yes
Have you served as the Principal Investigator) for the research/clinical trials?	No
Have the results of your research/clinical trials been published?	No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

Recorded presentation