{"id":9852,"date":"2025-03-01T14:01:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T19:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/hweeagriculture\/"},"modified":"2025-03-06T12:49:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T17:49:13","slug":"hweeagriculture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/hsp\/hweeagriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"hsp\/hweeagriculture ~  Healthy Workplaces &#8211; Employees &#8211; Agriculture and Food Processing  &#8211; Delaware Health and Social Services &#8211; State of Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-swiftype-index=\"true\">\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n  <br>\r\n\r\n  \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n  \r\n\r\n  <div class=\"container\" id=\"main_header\">\r\n\r\n    \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n <!-- BEGIN readspeaker div -->\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve\" id=\"readspeaker_button1\">\r\n\r\n      <a accesskey=\"L\" class=\"rsbtn_play\" href=\"https:\/\/app-na.readspeaker.com\/cgi-bin\/rsent?customerid=7262&#038;lang=en_us&#038;readid=main_content&#038;url=https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/hsp\/hweeagriculture.html\" title=\"Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker\">\r\n\r\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_left rsimg rspart\"><span class=\"rsbtn_text\"><span>Listen<\/span><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_right rsimg rsplay rspart\"><\/span>\r\n\r\n      <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <!-- END readspeaker div -->\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n    \r\n\r\n    <header class=\"pull-left\">\r\n\r\n      <h1><!--[type=EDIT name=\"Page Title\"]-->Delaware Healthy Workplaces<!--[END]--><\/h1>\r\n\r\n    <\/header>\r\n\r\n    \r\n\r\n  <\/div><br>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n  <div class=\"container\">\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"row\">\r\n\r\n      <div class=\"col-md-3\" id=\"leftCol\">\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\">\r\n\r\n          <div class=\"panel sectionmenu_panel\">\r\n\r\n            <div class=\"panel-heading\">\r\n\r\n              <p class=\"panel-title\"><a class=\"agency_nav\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapseOne\"><strong><i class=\"fa fa-align-justify fa-fw\"><\/i> Public Health Menu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n            <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n            <div class=\"panel-collapse collapse in\" id=\"collapseOne\">\r\n\r\n              <div class=\"panel-body\" id=\"clf_nav\">\r\n\r\n                  <ul class=\"nav nav-stacked nav-pills-clf\" id=\"agency_sidebar\">\r\n    <li><a href=\"\/dph\/\"><h2>Home <i class=\"fa fa-home fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a><\/li>\r\n    <li class=\"toplevel\"><a data-parent=\"#agency_sidebar\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#HomeMenu\"><h2>About <i class=\"fa fa-caret-right fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a>\r\n      <ul class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"HomeMenu\">\r\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/about.html\">About DPH<\/a><\/li>\r\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/sections.html\">Sections &#038; 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Workers, whether it be on a small farm or in a large processing facility, can be\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nexposed to a variety of hazards, including:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Pesticides and fertilizers<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li class=\"dblspace\">Solvents and Indsutrial Chemicals<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Toxics fumes and gases<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li class=\"dblspace\">Physical hazards of working with and around equipment and machinery<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Workers in the agricultural industry need to be aware of what they are working with and know how to\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nprotect themselves and their families.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<span class=\"xxlargetext\"><strong>Learn more about what you are working with and how to protect yourself.<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<br><br>  \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>Select a link below:<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/td>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/tr>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"left\">\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<td class=\"center\" style=\"WIDTH: 25%\" valign=\"middle\" width=\"25%\"><a href=\"\/dph\/hsp\/hweeagworkers.html\"><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hyperlink to Healthy Workplaces - Employees - Agricultural Workers\" border=\"0\" height=\"59\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/img\/hweeiconagworkers.jpg\" width=\"62\"><\/a><br> &#8211;\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/td>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<td style=\"WIDTH: 25%\" valign=\"middle\" width=\"25%\"><a href=\"\/dph\/hsp\/hweeagworkers.html\">Agricultural Workers<\/a>.<\/td>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<td class=\"center\" style=\"WIDTH: 25%\" valign=\"middle\" width=\"25%\"><a href=\"\/dph\/hsp\/hweefoodprocess.html\"><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hyperlink to Healthy Workplaces - Employees - Poultry and Food Processing\" border=\"0\" height=\"59\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/hweeiconfoodprocess.jpg\" width=\"62\"><\/a><br> &#8211;\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/td>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<td style=\"WIDTH: 25%\" valign=\"middle\" width=\"25%\"><a href=\"\/dph\/hsp\/hweefoodprocess.html\">Poultry and Food\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nProcessing<\/a>.<\/td>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/tr>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<tr>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<td class=\"left\" colspan=\"4\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"100%\">\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<a href=\"\/dph\/hsp\/hweemain.html\"><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hyperlink to Healthy Workplaces - Employees\" border=\"0\" height=\"59\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/hweeiconback.gif\" width=\"62\"><\/a><br> &#8211; <br>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<a href=\"\/dph\/hsp\/hweemain.html\">Back to Healthy Workplaces &#8211; Employees<\/a>.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<br>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<br>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"smalltext\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/products\/acrobat\/readstep2.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Download Adobe Acrobat Reader\" height=\"21\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/dhss\/img\/getacro60.gif\" width=\"60\"><\/a> Please note: Some of the files available on this page are in Adobe PDF format which requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.  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