Overview
The Northeast Center (NEC) receives grant funding from the National Institute of Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH) to provide farm safety services. Experienced NEC educators and trainers provide these services to farm owners, families, workers, agribusinesses and youth audiences.
Delaware, Maryland, Maine - Ronald Jester can be contacted at rcjester@UDel.Edu. Trainings can be scheduled for general farm safety, injury prevention and chainsaw safety presentations.
New York - Sharon Scofield can be contacted at sscofield@nycamh.com for trainings and outreach events on a variety of farm safety topics tractors, machinery, environment, and personal protective equipment (PPE) use. Health screenings can also be scheduled for hearing, respiratory, and skin cancer.
Vermont - Louise Waterman can be contacted at Louise.Waterman@state.vt.us. Staff, from the University of Vermont, provides on-farm safety surveys and farm safety plans.
West Virginia - Robert Yeager can be contacted at safetybob21@gmail.com. Services include on-farm safety surveys and farm safety topics such as All Terrain Vehicles (ATV), livestock/equine, tractor, machinery, Power-Take-Off (PTO), skidsteer, hearing, and farm injuries.
New Hampshire - Steve Roberts can be contacted at sgr4@comcast.net regarding training and education services for farmers in New Hampshire.