AWARDS

1. Nominations for the ISASH – Maynard Coe Award for Professional Achievement, the ISASH Research Achievement Award and the ISASH Practitioner Achievement Award (hereafter referred to as Awards 1-3) must be received by the Chair of the ISASH Awards Committee by May 15, 2024 11:59pm ET
2. All nominations for Awards 1-3 must be electronically submitted.
3. All nominations for Awards 1-3 must use the ISASH Awards Program Form available at the ISASH website. Supporting documentation to the nomination form is allowed. Supporting documentation can be a published document, program, visuals, etc. but these must be submitted electronically.
4. The Chair of the Awards Committee will notify recipients of their selection.
5. The Chair of the Awards Committee will also notify the ISASH President, the Chair of the ISASH Endowment Fund Trustees and the local host committee chair of the recipients’ names and contact information.
6. All award recipients will receive their award during the annual banquet activity. The local host chair will work with the ISASH President to finalize award ceremony details.
7. Nominations for Awards 1-3 will remain active for three years. Previously submitted nominations may be updated, at the discretion of the nominator, during the second and third years.

The ISASH – Maynard Coe Professional Achievement Award recognizes the important role played by Maynard Coe in the early years of the organization. Coe served as director of the Farm Division of the National Safety Council for 20 years, and in that capacity he enlisted the help of dedicated people in universities, farm organizations and agricultural industry in establishing farm safety as a recognized profession. From the beginning he was an inspiration to farm safety specialists and educators, giving them advice and encouragement. Later, when numbers increased, he urged them to form their own professional organization.

The purpose of this award is to encourage high levels of professionalism among agricultural safety and health leaders. Coe assisted the directors of the National Institute for Farm Safety (NIFS), now the International Society for Agricultural Safety and Health (ISASH), in establishing an award for professional achievement in farm safety. The award consists of a monetary award and a plaque. The award is to be known as the ISASH – Maynard Coe Professional Achievement Award. The monetary award will be provided from the ISASH Endowment Funds. Awardee must be a member of ISASH. The amount of the monetary award is $1000.

A maximum of one award per year may be given. Administration of the award is by the ISASH Awards Committee. Nominations for the award are to be solicited from the membership annually preceding the next annual meeting. Only ISASH members may submit a nomination for this award. Persons making nominations should use the ISASH Awards Program Nomination Form.  Up to three supporting documents may be submitted with the nomination form.

Criteria for the award include but are not limited to:

1. Demonstrated achievements in the practice of agricultural safety and health over a period of several years.
2. Achievements may be in the realm of research, outreach/extension, administration, resident education or some combination.
3. Achievements may involve state, national or international efforts or some combination.
4. Achievements may be in the fields of safety, public health, risk management, emergency services, loss control, ergonomics, or other like disciplines within the broad field of agricultural safety and health.

Awardees

1967 – Gary Erisman, Illinois

1971 – Orville L. “Pat Asper, Illinois

1980 – Robert A. Aherin, Minnesota

1980 – Dennis Murphy, Pennsylvania

2015 – Jim Williams, Illinois

2016 – Susan Reynolds

2017 – Dr. Glen Hetzel, West Virginia

2018 – Glen Blahey

2019 – William Field, Purdue University

2020 – LaMar Grafft, North Carolina Agromedicine Institute 

2021 – Dr. Charles Schwab, Iowa State University

2022 – Bernard Geschke

2023 – Charlotte Halverson

The purpose of this award is to recognize exemplary contributions to agricultural safety and health research and to establish broad public recognition of agricultural safety and health research priorities of ISASH. The award consists of a monetary award and a plaque. The award is to be known as the ISASH Research Achievement Award. The monetary award will be provided from the ISASH Endowment Funds. Both members and nonmembers may be nominated. The amount of the monetary award is $500.

A maximum of one award may be made annually. Administration of the award is by the ISASH Awards Committee. Nominations for the award are to be solicited from the membership annually preceding the next annual meeting. Only ISASH members may submit a nomination for this award. Persons making nominations should use the ISASH Awards Program Nomination Form.  Up to three supporting documents may be submitted with the nomination form.

Criteria for the award include but are not limited to:

1. Publication of research results in a refereed journal
2. Scientific merit of research methods
3. Results clearly demonstrate or suggest improvements in injury prevention or safety practice.

Awardees

2019 – Dr. Jeffrey Levin

2021 – Dr. Briana Hagen, University of Guelph

2022 – Dr. Lorann Stallones, Colorado State University

2023 – Diane Rohlman

This award is made in recognition of an outreach or education program or activity demonstrating significant impacts and outcomes in injury prevention or safety and health practice.

The award consists of a monetary award and a plaque. The award is to be known as the ISASH Practitioner Achievement Award. The monetary award will be provided from the ISASH Endowment Funds. Both members and nonmembers may be nominated. Nominations may be made in the name of a member, a nonmember, an organization, agency, business or similar entity. The amount of the monetary award is $500.

A maximum of one award may be made annually. Administration of the award is by the ISASH Awards Committee. Nominations for the award are to be solicited from the membership annually preceding the next annual meeting. Only ISASH members may submit a nomination for this award. Persons making nominations should use the ISASH Awards Program Nomination Form. Up to three supporting documents may be submitted with the nomination form.

Criteria for the award include but are not limited to:

1. Clarity of program or activity goals
2. Written or public evidence of program or activity implementation and result
3. Transferability of program or activity for use by others
4. Significance of impacts and outcomes for injury prevention or improved safety and health practice.

Awardees

2016 – Illinois Grain Safety Coalition

2017 –  Amy Rademaker, Illinois

2018 – David Robertson

2019 – Linda Fetzer, Penn State Extension

2022 – Carolyn Sheridan, Ag Health and Safety

2023 – Ellen Duysen

This award is to be made at the discretion of the ISASH President. The award consists of a certificate or plaque and may be made to members or nonmembers for service provided to the organization. There is no limit on the number of awards that may be made annually.

Awardees

2017 – Dr. Dennis Murphy, Penn State; and Shari Burgus

2019 – Iowa State University (Gretchen Mosher, Steven Freeman, and Saxon Ryan); Nancy Hetzel, ISASH Treasurer

2020 – Dr. Aaron Yoder, University of Nebraska Medical Center; and Dr. Robert “Chip” Petrea

2021 – Ellen Duysen, University of Nebraska Medical Center; and Jim Williams

2022 – Morgan Valley, Whitney Pennington, and the Colorado State University Host Committee; and Dr. Aaron Yoder

2023 – Serap Gorucu, Ph.D., and the staff and students at the Southeastern Coastal Center for Agricultural Health and Safet; and Dr. Bryan Weichelt, Ph.D. National Farm Medicine Center, Marshfield Clinic Health System.