Health and safety issues among non-migrant adult farm workers

Lorann Stallones, PhDProfessor and Director, Colorado Injury Control Research CenterDepartment of Environmental HealthColorado State University

Definitions

FarmerFarm ownerFarm operatorFarm managerFarm workerSeasonal workerMigrant worker

Agricultural workerUndocumented

workerAgricultural

workforceHired laborUnpaid worker

Table 1: Standard Occupational Classification, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2001 Numeric Code Occupational Classification 45-1000 First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing and forestry

workers 45-1010 First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing and forestry workers 45-1011 First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing and forestry

workers 45-1012 Farm labor contractors 45-2000 Agricultural Workers 45-2010 Agricultural Inspectors 45-2011 Agricultural Inspectors 45-2020 Animal breeders 45-2021 Animal breeders 45-2040 Graders and sorters, agricultural products 45-2041 Graders and sorters, agricultural products 45-2090 Miscellaneous agricultural workers 45-2091 Agricultural equipment operators 45-2092 Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery and greenhouse 45-2093 Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals 45-2099 Agricultural workers, all other

Farm workers

Estimates range from 2.2 to 2.9 million workersUnpaid workers may comprise 37% of the

agricultural work forceHired workers, not migrant and undocumented

workers, may comprise 28% of the agricultural work force

May comprise 60% of all hired workers on farmsData are not presented in published literature to

allow health and safety assessment for this population