The AgInjuryNews.org database is both a repository of injury reports and valuable information source for agricultural injuries, fatalities, and agricultural injury prevention methods. This system allows users to: 1) monitor trends in types of agricultural injuries, 2) identify new injury agents and emerging issues in agriculture, 3) provide safety messages for media reports in anticipation of trends, and 4) raise awareness and knowledge of agricultural injuries and prevention strategies for adults and children.
*There is no official national dataset of all agricultural injuries and fatalities, however news reports can be helpful in understanding the scope of the problem.
The National Farm Medicine Center (NFMC) was established in 1981 in response to occupational health problems seen in farm patients coming to Marshfield Clinic. The center continues to focus its research and outreach on rural populations. Current safety and health priorities include children, agritourism, young farmers and ranchers, and injury surveillance. Farm Center scientists and staff address these issues with special expertise in injury prevention, public health, bioinformatics, nursing, anthropology, education and communications. Since 1997, the NFMC has been home to the National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety (NCCRAHS). Visit site
Funding for the AgInjuryNews program has been made possible, in part, by the National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety through the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Cooperative Agreement U54 OH009568, a cooperative agreement award for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Funding support was also provided through a safety grant from the Agricultural Safety and Health Council of America (ASHCA). Additional funding support provided by the University of Wisconsin Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program, through the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), grant UL1TR002373, and through collaborators, donors, and friends of the National Farm Medicine Center, part of the Marshfield Clinic Research Institute.
The National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety (NCCRAHS) is one of 11 centers funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and the only center that is both national and focused solely on children. The mission of NCCRAHS is to enhance the health and safety of all children exposed to hazards associated with agricultural work and rural environments. Visit site
If you would like to get involved with the AgInjuryNews.org project or any of NFMC’s research, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Bryan Weichelt
PhD, MBA, Associate Research Scientist, NFMC
Serap Gorucu
PhD, University of Florida
Christopher Benny
Research Coordinator, NFMC
Rick Burke
MPH, Research Specialist, NFMC
Kyle Koshalek
Project Manager, NFMC
Matt Pilz
Senior Software Engineer, NFMC
Chris Wanat
Research Coordinator, NFMC
Barbara C. Lee
PhD, Senior Research Scientist, NCCRAHS Director
Casper G Bendixsen
PhD, Research Scientist, NFMC Director
Marsha Salzwedel
EdD, Project Scientist, Youth Ag Safety Specialist
Scott Heiberger
MS, Health Communications Manager
Andrea Swenson
PhD, Project Scientist, Evaluation
Matt Pilz
Software Engineer, Senior (Lead Dev Support)
John Begotka
Business Analyst
Richard Duerr
Programmer/Analyst
Julia Edbrooke
User Experience Designer
Evan Ellis
Programmer/Analyst
Nic Johnson
Programmer/Analyst
Jenna Kautza
User Experience Designer
Mike Klein
Programmer/Analyst
Alex Nelson
Programmer/Analyst
Matt Podborny
Programmer/Analyst
Jesse Richardson
Applications Analyst
Murphy Stevens
Programmer/Analyst
Steve Tingum
Programmer/Analyst
Joe Vechinski
Development Manager
Adeel Aslam
Solutions Architect
Amanda Wickman
MBA, SW Ag Center, U of TX
Michael Lubahn
Rural Mutual Insurance Company
Brandi Janssen
PhD, U of Iowa
Erika Scott
PhD, NYCAMH, Basset Health
Jess McCluer
ASHCA; National Grain and Feed Association
Jameson Bair (BLS)
WI Bureau of Labor Statistics
Jana Davidson
Progressive Ag Foundation
Kang Namkoong
PhD, U of Maryland
Lisa Lundy
PhD, U of Florida, Ag Education and Communication
Marcy Harrington
PNASH, U of Washington
Risto Rautiainen
PhD, CS-CASH, U of Nebraska
Tomi Heimonen
PhD, U of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Vanessa Galvan
Zeneth Insurance
Marcel Hacault
Canadian Ag Safety Assoc.
Dennis Murphy
PhD, Penn State University
Emily Redmond
Stephen Oesch
JD
Harold Ye
PhD
Mark Purschwitz
PhD
William Field
PhD
Murray Madsen
Kelsi Musil
Wayne Sanderson
PhD