This series of 12 bilingual, graphic safety illustrations can be used as a training booklet or safety posters and aims to help educate both English- and Spanish-speaking workers about safety procedures on Thoroughbred farms and provide a shared language of safety. | Photo Credit: University of Kentucky's College of Agriculture

Using direct input from horse farm employees, managers, and owners, a group of researchers based at the University of Kentucky (UK) College of Public Health and the University of Maryland (UM), Baltimore, has developed a set of bilingual safety training materials designed to equip horse farm managers and workers with information needed to stay safe on the job.

The Thoroughbred Worker Health and Safety Study was a five-year research project aimed to improve the occupational safety and health of Thoroughbred farm workers. The study was co-led by Jess Miller Clouser, MPH, of the UK College of Public Health, and Jennifer Swanberg, PhD, a professor of social work at UM. The project was funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health /Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as part of the University of Kentucky Southeast Center for Agricultural Health and Injury Prevention