Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Publications
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
2014
Journal or Book Title
Journal of Agromedicine
Volume
19
Issue
2
First Page
83
Last Page
86
DOI
10.1080/1059924X.2014.886539
Abstract
There is significant interest in biomass production ranging from government agencies to the private sector, both inside and outside of the traditional production agricultural setting. This interest has led to an increase in the development and production of biomass crops. Much of this effort has focused on specific segments of the process, and more specifically on the mechanics of these individual segments. From a review of scientific literature, it is seen that little effort has been put into identifying, classifying and preventing safety hazards in on-farm biomass production systems. This commentary describes the current status of the knowledge pertaining to health and safety factors of biomass production and storage in the US and identifies areas of standards development that the biomass industry needs from the agricultural safety and health community.
Access
Open
Copyright Owner
Taylor & Francis Group
Copyright Date
2014
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Yoder, Aaron M.; Schwab, Charles V.; Gunderson, Paul; and Murphy, Dennis, "Safety and Health in Biomass Production, Transportation, and Storage: A Commentary Based on the Biomass and Biofuels Session at the 2013 North American Agricultural Safety Summit" (2014). Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Publications. 518.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/abe_eng_pubs/518
Comments
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in Journal of Agromedicine on June 19, 2014, available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1059924X.2014.886539.