National Education Center
for Agricultural Safety (NECAS)
The National Education Center for Agricultural Safety (NECAS)
10250 Sundown Road
Peosta, IA 52068
(888) 844-6322
A Harvest of Safety and Health
The National Education Center for Agricultural Safety (NECAS) is dedicated to preventing
illnesses, injuries, and deaths among farmers and ranchers, agricultural and horticultural
workers, their families, and their employees. In 1997, we opened NECAS with Northeast
Iowa Community College. NECAS is the only organization with hands-on farm equipment
safety training center. The facility also houses classrooms and a library and resource
center.
Our concern for safety in rural areas goes beyond farms and ranches. The need for
our services spreads from citrus groves in the South to vineyards in the West. It
covers cattle ranches in Wyoming, fisheries in Maine, and thousands of ventures
in between.
Radon Gas
Farm Safety applies not only to outside the home but inside as well.
Nearly 1 out of every 15 homes in the U.S. is estimated to
have elevated radon levels. Radon gas comes from the natural (radioactive) breakdown of uranium in soil,
rock and water and gets into the air you breathe. The Surgeon General estimates 21,000 people die annually
from lung cancer caused by radon gas. Radon gas is easily identified by testing and can be mitigated.
The next couple of months are the best time to test your home. The EPA has designated January as National Radon Action Month.
For more information, visit www.nsc.org/resources/issues/radon.aspx
Click on http://downloads.nsc.org/pdf/Coupon2008.pdf
to print a coupon for your test kit.
Services
Like any business, agriculture can be financially set back by safety violations,
injuries, illnesses and deaths. NECAS offers safety education and proactive programs
to help prevent incidents that affect your agribusiness safety and welfare.
Programs include:
- Hazardous materials training
- Respiratory protection programs
- CPR classes
- Tractor roll-over protection retrofit programs
- Tractor certification programs
- Combine safety
- Confined spaces
- Rescue procedures (Grain entrapment, Trenches, and Manure pit rescues)
- Ag Family safety and health programs
- Ag safety days
- Youth programs
- Training seminars tailored to specific needs
We Don't Stop There.