Safety on farms is always important!
The agriculture sector has the
highest accident and fatality rate in Britain and is one of the few sectors which continually hire temporary staff and non-occupational individuals either visiting or living on site.
Farm safety week, hosted by the
Yellow Wellies Foundation, starts Monday 16
th July to raise awareness of the responsibility Farm owners and managers have to ensure the safety of those who work and visit the farm. Hours can pass often working alone and can require heavy manual labour making it important risks and hazards are addressed through regular risk assessments. Health and safety on farms not only mean the physical aspect but also mental wellbeing is just as important.
To make it easier for you to identify the risks HSE has developed an easy risk assessment tool:
What do you need to do to produce a risk assessment?
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has developed a range of tools and guidance to help small and medium-sized businesses understand health and safety. The advice available will help you understand what you do and don’t need to do to avoid unnecessary paperwork and effort.
The guidance
Risk Assessment Tools
Another way you can ensure you have minimised risks on your farm is to encourage any temporary and permanent workers to participate in a Health & Safety on Farms course.
StowAg offer an online LANTRA certified course for only £29.95 CLICK HERE to sign up!
This course is designed to help employees and contractors working on farm or agricultural premises to understand the risks and control measures required and designed to help employees and contractors working on farm or agricultural premises. It could be used for new starter inductions, new contractors or refresher for existing employees and contractors.
This course covers:
- training and assessment for the knowledge, legislation and best practices when working on farms or agricultural premises
- health and safety,
- working at height,
- manual handling,
- electricity,
- agricultural vehicles, and
- livestock, diseases.
Once successfully completed and the assessments passed a certificate of training is available for download or print.
Online course details:
- Course type: e-learning (online)
- Product delivery: Online training and assessment (4 modules)
- Duration (approx) 2.0 - 2.5 hours
- Equipment required: Online access, suitable PC, Laptop, Tablet
SIGN UP
Further reading and essential guides include:
Your essential guide to health and safety in agriculture - CLICK TO DOWNLOAD for free
This guide provides information that is relevant to everyone working on farms: It covers the management of health and safety – principally for those responsible for running the farming or horticultural business – as well as outlining the specific risks of working in your industry and giving you easy-to-follow, practical advice to keep you safe and healthy at work.
Using tractors safely - CLICK TO DOWNLOAD for free
This revised step-by-step guide to tractor safety, formerly called 'Tractor action', is for everyone who uses a tractor, or tractor-operated machinery.
Working safely with agricultural machinery - CLICK TO DOWNLOAD for free
Highlights how to work safely with mobile and stationary agricultural machinery - particularly when carrying out maintenance and dealing with blockages.
It covers the main hazards and features case studies that show how typical accidents can happen, and how to prevent them.
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