‘Protecting Health and Ensuring Safety’ Farming... Yeongyang-gun's Crop-Specific Customized Safety Management Practice Pilot Project

Implementation of Musculoskeletal Program Training

Yeongyang-gun, Gyeongbuk Province, has selected the Shingu 1-ri Apple Farming Group, consisting of 12 farmers, as the target for the 2023 Crop-Specific Customized Safety Management Practice Pilot Project. Starting from April 5, they will conduct 8 sessions of musculoskeletal program education and 1 session of PAOT (Participatory Agricultural Work Environment Improvement Training).

Yeongyang-gun implementing a customized safety management pilot project by crop.

The Crop-Specific Customized Safety Management Practice Pilot Project consists of musculoskeletal program education for farmers' safety management, PAOT (Participatory Agricultural Work Environment Improvement Training), expert consulting, and distribution of safety equipment, and is scheduled to continue until the end of this year.

The musculoskeletal program for farmers' safety management includes bone density measurement for farmers, balloon art that stimulates fine muscles and brain nerves, musculoskeletal taping therapy by body part, Theraband training, and practical training on emergency treatment methods in daily agricultural work. ▲Expert consulting involves crop-specific work analysis ▲risk factor analysis and risk assessment ▲establishment of improvement measures ▲implementation and evaluation stages, providing safety equipment based on risk analysis at each work stage.

The Participatory Agricultural Work Environment Improvement (PAOT) training was conducted to improve the agricultural work environment and raise safety awareness through voluntary participation of farmers, focusing on topics such as agricultural machinery safety, agricultural work environment management, division of work and rest, and basic safety management.

Lee Yoo-chun, president of the Shingu 1-ri Apple Farming Group, said, “Our group members frequently get injured while working, so I hope that through this training, we can farm without injuries.” He also actively encouraged participation not only from members but also from their families.

Lee Yoon-chil, director of the Agricultural Technology Center, stated, “By providing education to improve farmers' awareness of agricultural work safety and their ability to practice safety management, farmers themselves can create a safe working environment, improve work efficiency, and by putting the exercises learned in the training into practice, they can farm safely and healthily without injuries.”

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