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New Horizons for Forestry Services

This service project builds on past work and provides a new tool that meets Oregon pesticide safety trainer and supervisor needs.

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Clear cut forested landscape

New Horizons for Forestry Services

This service project builds on past work and provides a new tool that meets Oregon pesticide safety trainer and supervisor needs.

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Cows resting in their pen. Photo courtesy of Amber Adams-Progar

Collaboration for innovation: Safety solutions for WA state dairy farms

Operations for dairy farms run 24/7, year-round, to keep producing the milk and cheese we purchase from grocery store shelves in Washington state.

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Researchers from UW survey fishermen at the Fishermen Safety Fair at Fishermen’s Terminal I Seattle, WA.

New data visualization tool, RISC Fishing, helps fishermen see where and how injuries happen at sea

In partnership with the PNASH Center, researchers are currently surveying fishermen in the Pacific Northwest to continue to identify ways to reduce the risk of injury.

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Shoreline of a native Alaskan fishing community in Norton Sound

Native salmon set gillnetters in Norton Sound brave big ocean weather

Kyle is a young commercial fisherman from an Alaska Native salmon fishing community in Norton Sound. He learned how to fish from his dad, who is also his crew mate. They manually set nets and haul catch by hand, like many salmon set gillnetters.

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logging trees by tractor

New federal grant to improve Northwest agricultural safety and health

The Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center, part of DEOHS, receives new federal funding for research on safety and health in the forestry, fishing and farming sectors

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A table of seven farmworkers and a child sit in the foreground having a discussion, with other tables of people in the background.

Supporting farmworker families through smoke season

PNASH Center and Wenatchee CAFÉ host community events to understand the concerns of farmworker parents

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Aarti Tandon and her research poster. Photo: Maria Blancas.

Connecting users with pesticide safety

Sarah Fish sat down with Aarti Tandon, Husky 100 winner, and graduating student in Food Systems, Nutrition and Health. The two spoke about Aarti’s recent user experience research for the Pesticide Labels Now app and what comes next for the project.

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Heat training materials

Introducing Print & Ship

Now available, a new platform to order PNASH training materials online.

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Two men in face masks carry a tall ladder standing six feet apart.

Co-creating COVID-19 messages for farmworkers

Funding from the UW Population Health Initiative jump-started efforts by DEOHS and our partners, working side-by-side with farmworkers, to create tailored safety messages

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3 people wearing face masks stand next to weather monitoring equipment inside a chain-link fence.

Heat, fire, smoke and health in Washington’s ag industry

DEOHS researchers investigate the combined health effects of wildfire smoke and heat on Washington’s agricultural workforce and test strategies to protect workers and crops

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Portrait of Drury outside with a tree in the background.

Reaching out for change on the farm

DEOHS MPH student and outreach specialist Dennise Drury tackles sexual harassment in agriculture

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Forestry worker handling a chainsaw

Fatigue management

New research and tips to manage work fatigue and sleep that is perfect for farming, fishing, and forestry

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