Agricultural Hazards Lecture Powerpoint

Question 1

One of the most hazardous industries in the world

Answer 1

Agriculture - many deaths and injuries

Question 2

Leading cause of agriculture related death and 3 other common ones

Answer 2

• Transportation incidents (tractors)
• run over or machinery
• falls
• animals

Question 3

If a farm doesn’t have 11 or more workers or migrant workers, then…

Answer 3

….There are no required OSHA requirements

Question 4

Rollover protection structures (ROPS)

Answer 4

Required on new tractors or as mods for older ones but only 60% in the US are properly equipped

Question 5

Power take off device (PTO)

Answer 5

Device that takes power from running source and transmits it to an attached or separate machine such as a tractor or mower

Question 6

Tularemia definition

Answer 6

Obtained from rabbits most often, either by direct contact (localized) or aerosol (respiratory symptoms) causes joint pain, fever, potentially respiratory depression

Question 7

Milkers nodules (ORF virus infection) definition

Answer 7

Poxvirus that comes from direct contact with sheep and can cause erythematous maculopapular weeping nodules

Question 8

Antrhax definition

Answer 8

Rare but potentially fatal infection transmitted from cattle, sheep, goats, either via direct contact or ingestion or inhaled, spores can remain intact for months before reactivating

Question 9

Brucellosis definition

Answer 9

Infection from cattle, sheep, pigs, thru inhalation, skin wounds, unpasteurized dairy, etc causes fever, joint pain, night sweats

Question 10

E coli 0157 definition

Answer 10

Enterohemorrhagic shiga toxin producing e coli that passed thru undercooked beef and causes bloody diarrhea and hemolytic uremic syndrome and renal failure

Question 11

Salmonellosis definiiton

Answer 11

Ingested from undercooked chicken or eggs, foodborne illness that causes diarrhea, fever, stomach pain

Question 12

Campylobacter definition

Answer 12

Infection caused by raw or undercooked meat or unpasteruized milk, causes acute gastroenteritis, nausea, diarrhea

Question 13

Cat scratch disease definition

Answer 13

Caused by bartonella henslae, often from cats biting or scratching, causes fever, skin papules, and regional lymphadenopathy

Question 14

Rabies definition

Answer 14

Animal bite that transmits virus from cats, dogs, raccoons, skunks and bats causing fever, headache, encephalitis, excess salivation, seizure, and death, treated with injection of rabies vaccine series ASAP

Question 15

Ringworm definition

Answer 15

Fungal skin disease of dogs, cats, raccoons, cattle, sees well defined active raised and scaling border lesions with central clearing

Question 16

Toxoplasmosis definition

Answer 16

Parasitic disease with concern in pregnant women and immunocompromised transmitted from cat litter, sheep, undercooked meat, etc, causes fever, lymphadenopathy

Question 17

Cryptosporidium definition

Answer 17

Parasitic disease in wild and domestic animals transmitted form feces causing fever, explosive diarrhea, vomiting, weight loss but is usually self limiting

Question 18

Respiratory issues in farmers

Answer 18

Higher risk due to toxic inhalation of chemicals despite lower incidence of smoking in the population

Question 19

Farmers lung (hypersensitivity pneumonitis)

Answer 19

Allergic inflammation of the lung caused by repeated exposure of moldy hay, straw, and grain, sees prolonged progressive course leading to pulm fibrosis, treated only with avoidance or glucocorticoids but no cure

Question 20

Organic dust toxic syndrome

Answer 20

Acute respiratory syndrome from inhalation of large amounts of organic dust causing acute onset of fever, chills, shortness of breath but is almost always self limiting in a few days

Question 21

Silo fillers disease

Answer 21

Inhalation of nitrous dioxide gas produced by freshly filled silos and not using proper ppe, symptoms include mild cough and hemoptysis to pulmonary edema and long term respiratory complications

Question 22

Organophosphate exposure symtpoms (8)

Answer 22

• increased salivation
• perspiration
• miosis
• nausea
• diarrhea
• low bp
• emesis
• incontinence

Question 23

Agent orange exposure

Answer 23

Herbicide used to destroy unwanted vegetation causing range of symptoms from rash and nausea to convulsions and death

Question 24

4 levels of warning labels

Answer 24

• caution (slight hazard by at least one entry route)
• warning (moderate hazard by at least one entry route)
• danger (high hazard by at least on entry route)
• danger with skull cross bones (highly toxic by any entry route)