Plant & machinery safety
Working around plant and machinery on farms has been identified as a high-harm area. On average, 414 serious injuries are sustained while working in and around vehicles resulting in more than a week away from work every year. On average, 11 deaths occur in or around vehicles each year. How can you minimise the risk of an accident? Have you got useful resources we could list here? Email us
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Operating machinery
Operating machinery isa part of every day life on farm, however it does come with a number of high risks. Here are some handy guides to get you started, including a short video from Southland farmer, Ben Dooley on tractor maintenance and settings when feeding out.
Learn from past incidents
Safety Alerts are a great way to learn from incidents that have happened on other farms. We’ve compiled some here relating to machinery. Ask yourself: Could this happen on my farm? What do I have in place to prevent this from happening? How can I implement these learnings?