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Personal Protective Equipment Use and Safety Behaviors among Farm Adolescents: Gender Differences and Predictors of Work Practices
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Reed, Deborah B.; Browning, Steven R.; Westneat, Susan C.; Kidd, Pamela S. – Journal of Rural Health, 2006
Context: Children on farms perform work that places them at risk for acute and chronic negative health outcomes. Despite strategies for preventing and reducing the risk of disease and injury, children's use of personal protective equipment and safety equipped farm machinery has generally remained unreported. Purpose: This paper reports the use of…
Descriptors: Safety Equipment, Adolescents, Gender Differences, Predictor Variables
The Effectiveness of School Signs with Flashing Beacons in Reducing Vehicle Speeds. Research Report No. 429.
Zegeer, Charles V. – 1975
A detailed study of warning signs with flashers in school zones was conducted by the Kentucky Department of Transportation to determine the signs' effectiveness in reducing the speeds of vehicles during times of pedestrian activity. Field investigations were conducted at all of the 120 flasher locations in Kentucky Highway Districts 6, 7, and 9.…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Evaluation, Safety Equipment
Kentucky Mine Safety Training Program. Trainee Handbook--Underground.
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. Bureau of Vocational Education. – 1981
This trainee handbook is designed for a course to prepare workers with safety competencies in order to meet Kentucky mandatory mine safety requirements before entering mines in Kentucky; it is also intended for workers who have been on the job less than 90 days. The guide is organized into 14 chapters. Topics covered in the mine safety training…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Adult Vocational Education, Federal Legislation, Health