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Tag Archives: Heat Stress
SAFE AmeriCorps Impact Farmworker Communities
After only four months of service AFOP’s 18 SAFE AmeriCorps members have already made a major impact on farmworker communities. So far, SAFE AmeriCorps members have reached almost 18,000 agricultural employees through a variety of services. Farmworkers have participated in … Continue reading
Exceeding Expectations and Saving Lives
As we come into the homestretch of the Heat Stress Prevention Training Marathon, we applaud those who participated and cheer them to the finish line. We won’t know the final results until Monday morning, as we have some folks on … Continue reading
Heat Stress and Rest
By Guillermo Gonzalez, AFOP SAFE AmeriCorps Member Water, Rest, Shade: these are three things that camels do not require, since they can walk for days in the desert, where there is not only tremendous heat, but almost no access to … Continue reading
National Heat Stress Awareness Week
The National Safety Council’s 2009 edition of Injury Facts ranked agriculture as our nation’s most dangerous industry with 28.6 deaths per 100,000 adult workers. Agricultural workers have a heat-related death rate 20 times greater than the general American workforce, according … Continue reading
I am an AmeriCorps Member, and I Will get Things Done!
AmeriCorps members are hard at work once again, providing health and safety training to farmworkers in states throughout the country. So far this year, our 18 SAFE AmeriCorps members have trained 330 farmworkers on Worker Protection Standard (WPS) and 439 … Continue reading
Getting Things Done for America’s Farmworkers
By Melanie Forti, Health & Safety Programs Program Coordinator, AFOP AFOP and the Corporation for National and Community Service are happy to announce a wonderful opportunity for 28 individuals to become SAFE (Serving America’s Farmworkers Everywhere) AmeriCorps members for the … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Safety Programs
Tagged AmeriCorps, Ben Archer Health Center, Campesinos Sin Fronteras, Central Valley Opportunity Center, Community Council of Idaho, Corporation for National and Community Service, Eastern Maine Development Corporation, Farmworker, Heat Stress, HELP New Mexico, Inc., Melanie Forti, Proteus, SAFE AmeriCorps, Telamon Corporation, Worker Protection Standard
Training in Action
Yesterday, AFOP’s Washington, D.C. staff had the opportunity to travel to Delaware’s Eastern Shore to see one of our SAFE AmeriCorps trainers in action. The farmworkers got really into it when Dina, our excellent SAFE AmeriCorps member, started enthusiastically handing … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Safety Programs
Tagged AmeriCorps, EPA, Farmworker, Heat Stress, OSHA, pesticides, Project LEAF, Proyecto Sol, Valentina Stackl, Worker Protection Standard
A Special Visit to HELP, NM
By Jessica Werder, Health & Safety Senior Program Manager It is hot in New Mexico. I know from experience: last week, I had the opportunity to observe a Proyecto Sol, heat stress prevention training at the HELP, New Mexico offices … Continue reading
Staying Safe in the Sun
By Jessica Werder, Health & Safety Senior Program Manager, and Ayrianne Parks, Communications Director As many of us neared the end of our workweek last Friday, our thoughts turned to how we would stay cool throughout … Continue reading
Summertime Suffering for Farmworker Children
School has let out for the summer and many children across the country will enjoy their vacation playing at the pool, running through sprinklers, and jumping in nearby rivers, lakes, and the ocean to beat the heat and enjoy childhood … Continue reading
