Worker Safety Toolbox

Swine Education In- Service 2016Karen Hoare

Hog Production

• Injury and illness rate = 9

• 2.8 x Construction

• 1.6 x Crop productionSOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor 2014

Employee Safety Toolkit

6 Units – 21 total topics

• Recognize the needs of low-literacy and ELL workers Visual Repetition Hands-on practice Use of text and narration Reflect in barn realities

Keys to Success

Keys to Success• Recognize the needs of managers/trainers

Ready & easy-to-use Bite-sized learning activities Flexible – For different training needs

Flip bookPoster

Computer based learning

Video

Power Point® Presentation

Knowledge & Skill checks

Safe Pig Handling

Current Safe Pig Handling• 4,000+ copies distributed • Online • Good feedback• Includes 6 topic areas:

– Pig Behavior and You– Training and Handling boars– Moving Pregnant Sows– Weaning sows– Weaning Pigs– Loading Market Hogs

Shared with:

• AgCreate• Grinnell Mutual Insurance• Good Day’s Work

Safe Pig Handling 2

• Group housing – WTF and Sow• Heat checking/Breeding• Vaccinating, Treating• Semen collection/boar stud safety• Processing?• Euthanasia / Mortality removal

Safety Benchmarking

Safety Benchmarking

Benchmarking

This message funded by America’s Pork Producers

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