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EXPLORE: 2021 in Review

View our 2021 Year in Review and read about the Northeast Center’s…

  •  steadfast commitment to educate, advocate and vaccinate in year two of the COVID-19 pandemic (pp. 2-3)
  • collaboration – regionally and internationally – with workers, industry stakeholders and other researchers (pp. 5-7)
  • efforts to better connect with people through stories, podcasts and clear communications (p. 4)
  •  unprecedented teamwork in investigating a youth fatality (p. 6)
  • advances in injury surveillance with machine learning (pp. 8-9)
  • “nudging” safety solutions in dairy farming that are affordable, doable and increase efficiency, (pp. 10-12)
  • integration of the Lifejackets for Lobstermen van project into a regional partner’s fishing safety program (p. 17)
  • trialing of wearable technology to measure mechanized loggers’ cardiovascular risks on the job (pp. 19-20)
  • training of more than 2,000 agricultural workers (pp. 22-25)
  • recognition of champions promoting safe and healthy farming for diverse populations in the Northeast (pp. 26-28)