Mission and Goals

Mission: To proactively address ongoing and emerging occupational safety and health issues affecting U.S. agriculture.

Strategic Goals:

• Pursue a national strategy to reduce disease, injuries and fatalities in agriculture.

• Improve communication among farmers/ranchers, agribusinesses, agricultural safety specialists and professional safety and health organizations.

• Influence research priorities to rapidly identify best management practices for worker safety and health that maximize cost efficiency and sustainability.

• Facilitate the implementation of evidence-based safety strategies among agricultural workers.

• Guide the development of effective delivery systems for safety and health information to farmers/ranchers and their workers.

• Engage farmers/ranchers at all levels to promote personalized values of safety and health among workers and family members.

• Scan the horizon for emerging issues in agricultural safety and health and proactively address the issues.

• Review government funding for agricultural safety and health to evaluate the distribution and use of resources.

• Create an effective funding mechanism for this organization’s safety and health initiatives.