The goal of the Migrant Farm Workers Safety Program is to promote agricultural occupational safety in New York State Apple Industry. The migrant and seasonal farm worker force has undergone a demographic shift in recent years from primarily English to a largely Spanish-speaking population. Many New York employers have not adapted their health and safety training to reach this new audience and feel ill equipped to do so. This precedent setting program is the first of its kind that is strictly volunteer and grower based. The major areas of focus are ladder safety, lifting and carrying, strains and sprains, eye safety and poison ivy safety.
Many experiences are shared and knowledge is gained.
Further reinforcement occurs with a training video also offered in both English and Spanish. These check stuffers are small brochures with farm safety information that are distributed by the growers to their workers along with paychecks. 231 or email him . Funded by the NYS Department of Labor Hazard Abatement Board.